Cyclists!

[theone8181]

Why do you have to.... just kidding it's not mocking you lot. I bought my daughter a bike recently from house of fraiser and had it delivered as its too big for a boot. It has a twist shifter but she finds it really hard to go from 6th to first. I've tried it and you can get to say 3rd before it gets real hard. I had a look at it today, and I slackened off the cable and then it twists real easy. I'd it something daft like the spring has too much tension when going down the gears? The box was heavily beaten when it arrived so its possible something might be bent, but there's nothing obvious. Are twist shifts just that much harder work?

 

[theone8181]

Take it to a bike shop. You can get a government voucher which means they'll sort it out for free. Tweaking gears is like some kind of dark art.

I'm beginning to think that. I'll see, it's quite hard for me to hold the bike up, peddle and change gear. Might have to ride on it but don't want to overload the thing.

 

[theone8181]

Thanks for moving the thread, I didn't even notice there was a cyclist bit, don't think I've ever visited this section. She's 7 and it's a 20 inch wheel size, possibly a smidge too big but I didn't want to waste time on an 18 inch and replace it in a tears time.

 

[theone8181]

I had a go on it today (has anyone tried riding a bike several sizes too small, it's pretty hard). It's still a bit stiff but I don't know if that's just due to it not being a level like on my bike.