[Swansea Hackspace] Bike front derailliers

[Alex Duffield]

Sounds like either the bar mech is busted of the wire slipped

On 11 Mar 2018 2:07 p.m., "David Davies-Day" <djdavies83 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you're looking for cheap and friendly, Re-cycle (behind The Mill pub,
> just up from the Westbourne) do new and used parts and their labour charges
> and really good.
>
> Your front derailleur is not going down into the smaller gears on its own
> and needs a push?
>
> The spring is not strong enough to pull it down after you change down and
> let more cable into it,  could be one of the following.
>
> 1. The inner cable has rusted slightly inside the outer cable and is
> causing friction that is too much for the spring.
>
> 2. Pivot points of the derailleur have corroded and are causing too much
> friction for the spring.
>
> 3. The gear shifter is not letting the inner cable out fast enough,
> possibly corrosion.
>
> 4. Any combination of the above.
>
> Most are easily remedied,  Wilkinson do cheap reaplcement inner cable,
> usually really simple to change the front, I've done mine while the bike is
> still locked up outside the store front.
>
>
> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several
> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Matthew Daubney <matt at daubers.co.uk>
> Date:2018/03/11 13:20 (GMT+00:00)
> To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
> Cc:
> Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Bike front derailliers
>
> Hello!
>
>
>
> I spent a day a couple of weekends ago cleaning my bike down and getting
> it ready for the one day of summer we will be shortly due.
>
>
>
> I took it out today for a ride and noticed that the front derailleur is
> not functioning at all really. If I push the derailleur it works, but it
> doesn’t seem to be moving of it’s own volition.
>
>
>
> Me and bike gears have a bit of a history where I’ve generally tried to
> fix something and made it much, much worse, so could someone give me a hand
> diagnosing it? It might just want replacing, and that’s fine (but annoying)
> and I’d rather be certain that that’s the case first.
>
>
>
> Alternatively! Can anyone rate any local bike shops that do repairs? I
> know there’s a largish one here in Uplands and one near the guild hall, but
> I have no idea if their any good or overly expensive?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Matt Daubney
>
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