Gears slowing down? (Spare Parts)

Member Name: rabw

Product:	Spare Parts
Date:	27/09/01 (79 review reads)
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Advantages: Super smooth shifting, Reduce 'waiting for engage' time!

Disadvantages: none

Are you having problems with regular mis-shifts, or gears taking ages to engage? Well if so, why not follow the following tips that could get your gears super smooth and quickly in all conditions!

For a start, make sure you are using appropriate gear outers - many people, unknowingly actually use brake hoses instead or gear hoses, which will completely mess your gearing. Why? - well its quite simple, brake cable outers are a coiled piece of wire, coated in plastic, whereas, gear outers have the wire running long ways from end to end (straight rather than coiled), which greatly reduces friction, especially on cuves in the wire, and reduces the effort you need to put in to shift.

If your gears are moving quick, but not into the correct sprocket, make sure the tension is correct, as the cables do streach.

Once you've got the derrailier moving into the right place, grab a can of TF2/GT85, or similar teflon based spray and blast the hoses full of it - seems simple, but believe me, it works!

Finally, investing in a decent set of cables is also a good idea. Standerd cables work ok, but by using a shimano cable can produce far better results. The shimano cables are actually made up of more, much thinner strands of metal, which makes them move smoother. They are pricy at £5.00 each, but are definetly worth it!

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