How to Make Your Bike Gears Shift Better ** Pics**
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(85 votes)
Published: Dec 06, 2006 9:40 p.m.
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Ever been riding your bike and changed gear, and the derailer has gone clickety-click or even come off?
Well, here is a simple way to minimisze this effect.
It may be obvious etc, but it does help.
Items Required
A Bike
Toothbrush
Rag
Oil
A Screwdriver
[Optional] An Air Horn
Unfortunately, I do not have an air horn to show you, so if you really don’t know, Google it.
Items Not Required
Nappies
A Golf Club
Cheese
Method
Get your bike, and flip it upside down like this:
Now, try and remove the back wheel, the entire thing, not just the tyre.If you have an air horn, blow it now.
Should be something like this:
Sorry about the slightly blurry pic, but I’m sure you get the idea.
Now, clean the entire works on the tyre with your toothbrush. Any old oil you remove here, be sure to replace at the end.
Now wipe the rest of the crap off with the rag, and if you have disc brakes, wipe any crap off those now, with a clean bit of rag.
Now, put a few drops of oil into this bit, and blow the air horn two times:
Head back to your bike, and clean off this bit:
Now, painstakingly clean every single sprocket in the chain. While doing this, I suggest you listen to the Poke’mon theme tune, as it will make you work faster.
Now pop the wheel back on, making sure your tyres are pumped up. As you put it on, it doesn’t matter what gear the chain goes on, as it will straighten itself up when you change gear.
Now you are done, and your bike should look nice and shiny at the back. Time for one last blast on the air horn.
Try riding it now, and your gears should be a lot smoother! |
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 | Dec 06, 2006 9:48 pm -
Its a Basic copncept but it has pics and is explained well 4*s |
 | Dec 06, 2006 9:54 pm -
Thanks for the good votes! =D |
 | Dec 06, 2006 9:57 pm -
5*, nice egg. I take it you like airhorns? You forgot the part about "Make sure your garage doors are closed so you make youself deaf" |
 | Dec 06, 2006 9:58 pm -
lol no offense, but those are some cheap ass brakes i assume u got that bike from Wal-Mart? lol but 5* cuz i love bikes |
| Dec 06, 2006 10:04 pm -
yes, my brakes are crappy. I follow the idea of: "If you can’t make your brakes work better, make your horn louder." Hence the airhorn. |
 | Dec 06, 2006 10:45 pm -
Pics + Airhorn = 5* |
 | Dec 06, 2006 11:03 pm -
*4 well explained plus pictures, really good. |
| Dec 06, 2006 11:56 pm -
Thanks for the good votes! |
 | Dec 07, 2006 12:06 am -
Wow an egg about cleaning the gears on a bike. This is so much common sense, it should not exist outside of instruction manuals for idiots. Oh and it involves constantly blowing an air-horn to make yourself deaf, which obviously is "cool" otherwise he/she/it/dog would not put it in the egg. Right?...?...? |
| Dec 07, 2006 12:09 am -
absolutely correct |
| Dec 07, 2006 12:22 am -
lol |
| Dec 07, 2006 2:11 am -
how did this egg go from 4.45 stars to 2.6? very Interesting |
| Dec 07, 2006 3:52 am -
funny. 5* for pics, good egg + humour. |
 | Dec 07, 2006 1:39 pm -
5* from me, good egg |
 | Dec 08, 2006 3:01 pm -
I’m too cool for bikes but I have a moped......maybe I should attach the airhorn to my moped....this egg completely sucked but I give you 5* because the air horn thing is funny..... |
 | Dec 10, 2006 12:59 am -
or you could put WD40 on it anyway still pretty good lol 3 *s |
| Dec 10, 2006 2:36 am -
No, because WD40 is a wet lube, which attracts dust, so you are just making the problem worse. |
| Dec 10, 2006 11:47 am - NICE!!!!!!!!
NICE!!
5 &rsqu ;s
Good detail and use of Pics.
I was a Bicycle Mechanic for 10 years in my youth, and I’ve seen first hand that it’s amazing just how cleaning the crud out of there and re-adjusting things will improve performance.
Be sure to check the Chain for stretching too, it will also effect how positive and smooth the derailleur will shift, especially under the load of you pedaling heavily.
Peace
Viper |
| Dec 11, 2006 11:17 pm -
^^^You, sir, are the man^^^ |
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