Mountain Bike Derailleur Tune Up

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Mountain bike derailleur tune up. Your rear derailleur is a technological marvel. They ve come a long way since. The majority of rear shifting problems can be solved with basic adjustments to the limit screws and index setting of the rear derailleur system. In this video.

7 mountain bike maintenance tips to keep your ride running. Inspect the chain chainrings derailleur and cassette for damage excessive wear missing teeth dents. This is true for both front and rear left and right respectively. Look for the high and low adjusters on the derailleur often marked with an h and an l.

Turn the barrel adjuster on the rear derailleur one half turn clockwise shown. With the bike held off the ground and the chain now on the largest cog at the back test the front derailleur by moving the chain between the smallest and next chainring using the gear lever. Adjust the high gear screw by turning it until the jockey pulleys line up with the smallest cog. Shifting should be smooth and easy to perform.

Make sure brakes are thoroughly inspected during each mountain bike tune up. Mountain bike rider 235 082 views. If you notice that your mountain bike chain jumps two cogs per shift the cable tension is too loose. How to fix the shifting on your bike.

You should buy a new derailleur for the same reason the first one was invented. Assuming your bike has trigger shifters since you said it was a mtb the big thumb lever will push the derailleur to the bigger ring s. This time shift through all the gears. First invented in 1906 it was clunky unpopular and had two speeds.

How to set up mountain bike suspension. The best mountain bike derailleurs today are durable easy to tune and can shift smoothly even under load. Because you want to climb better. Setting the rear derailleur rd.

Shift to the smallest cog. To test this let one half turn on the barrel adjuster of the rear derailleur and rotate the pedal. How to do a simple tune up.