How To Fix Bike Not Shifting Gears

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2024

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  • @RJTheBikeGuy
    @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 5 lety +50

    For more bike repair videos hit the subscribe button 🛑 and click the notification bell ► bit.ly/SubRJTheBikeGuy

    • @howtodoit1779
      @howtodoit1779 Před 3 lety

      Hey, I need some help. Could you watch this video and try to answer it?
      czcams.com/video/wyU8rpMc44A/video.html

    • @RJTheBikeGuy
      @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 3 lety +1

      @@howtodoit1779 Did you go through the video?

    • @howtodoit1779
      @howtodoit1779 Před 3 lety +2

      @@RJTheBikeGuy Yeah, I watched the video. I'm assuming I missed something in it?

    • @RJTheBikeGuy
      @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 3 lety +1

      @@howtodoit1779 Okay, the problem, the derailleur, the cable, or the shifter? You have to isolate the issue, and fix it. Or take it to a mechanic. I can't diagnose it without working on it.

    • @itsjusts_am
      @itsjusts_am Před 2 lety +1

      @@RJTheBikeGuy It's hard for my bike to get off of the first gear. Any thoughts on what the cause could be? All of the other gears work fine. I have a micro shift deralieur.

  • @kathryncost851
    @kathryncost851 Před rokem +194

    Im a 13yo girl, and i asked my stepdad to fix my bike because my gears werent shifting correctly. He rode my bike uphill but was still dumb to understand the problem so he denied to atleast listen to what my problems were with the bike. He got annoyed so then i decided to just do it myself because he's just lazy asf i guess.. In the garage and at the end of this video i understood what the problem was and i fixed it with the tools we have in the garage!! thank you so much!!

    • @christalmorrison482
      @christalmorrison482 Před rokem +17

      You are awesome! I am so proud of you for figuring out your problem yourself. I am a 54 year old, divorced Mom of three young men, and I work out almost everything myself using CZcams. You can do ANYTHING if you have the strength and the tools. You go, girl!!!

    • @kathryncost851
      @kathryncost851 Před rokem +8

      @@christalmorrison482 thank you so much!!

    • @edwardwilliammorris1340
      @edwardwilliammorris1340 Před 4 měsíci +1

      More power to you 🤗🤗

    • @michaelgaudette4015
      @michaelgaudette4015 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Make sure you teach him 😂😂😂

    • @Miguelskytwins
      @Miguelskytwins Před 3 měsíci +1

      Proud of you, well done 🫡

  • @starman9536
    @starman9536 Před 7 lety +81

    Finally found a video that addressed my problem, front gear would not shift on to the largest gear. Bought the bike used with this problem. Simple adjustment of the high limiter screw and problem solved. Your the MAN! Thanks for the videos.

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
      Watch this video if you don’t understand. czcams.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/video.html

  • @nosoupforyouever15
    @nosoupforyouever15 Před 4 lety +46

    I've had like 3 mountain bikes over the years and I've always eventually had an issue with the shifters. I'm glad I finally found a video on this issue

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
      Watch this video if you don’t understand. czcams.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/video.html

  • @AlphaDaddy82
    @AlphaDaddy82 Před 6 lety +105

    Who dislikes this!?? Such useful and complete info with clear visuals, what do they expect, that the guy goes over there to fix their bikes himself ?

    • @hr6149
      @hr6149 Před 4 lety +8

      AlphaDaddy82 EXACTLY!!! I’ve never in my life touched a bike for any reason other than cycling. With this one single video I repaired my gears and saved myself min $100++ !!! How cool is that!

    • @donchiva2222
      @donchiva2222 Před 4 lety +2

      I usually dislike due to time waster ads, that's my principle. I am sure many share the same.

    • @reynaldoponce3645
      @reynaldoponce3645 Před 3 lety

      Because he never solved my problem he never even talks how to repair it

    • @derekyohan1444
      @derekyohan1444 Před 3 lety +1

      @Rey Rey question him personally cause your problem on your bike is probably another cause

    • @mtdanyt9032
      @mtdanyt9032 Před 3 lety +1

      Bots...

  • @HometownbyHandlebar
    @HometownbyHandlebar Před 4 lety +353

    Once again, a minute spent watching RJ The Bike Guy prevents an hour cussing in the garage.

    • @AlejandroPeredaMusic
      @AlejandroPeredaMusic Před 3 lety +4

      You just prevented yourself 9 hours then 🔥, I'm about to do the same haha

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
      Watch this video if you don’t understand. czcams.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/video.html

    • @christophermurray2939
      @christophermurray2939 Před 2 lety +1

      except for me

    • @annymp
      @annymp Před rokem +1

      i don’t even have a garage

  • @johnnyceja46
    @johnnyceja46 Před 3 lety +39

    Anyone else feel so satisfied when he pushed and his chain was so smooth when it shifted?

  • @kellyyoung2861
    @kellyyoung2861 Před 5 lety +43

    I am one with my bike and my bike is with me.
    No really though, this made me feel confident that I could tinker around on my own without needing to go to a shop. Thank you!

  • @soul_killer4732
    @soul_killer4732 Před 5 lety +721

    Good job u deserve a Pepsi

  • @vacmaster268
    @vacmaster268 Před rokem +28

    This was so straight forward and easy to understand! Awesome job for such a thorough and straight to the point of how to troubleshoot shifting! Heading out to my wife's bike to put this into practice. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. So helpful. God bless.

  • @frog.denial
    @frog.denial Před 5 měsíci +1

    Im a new and casual bike rider. I just got a 7 speed bike from Walmart and not sure if it was like this at the store or if it was from shoving the bike in my little car, but the chain came off and it wasn't shifting gears. having absolutely NO experience with mechanics of any kind, this video helped me fix the shifting gear problem!!! thank you!!!

  • @shutthefrontdoorplz
    @shutthefrontdoorplz Před 3 lety +10

    This video deserves more like and 0 dislikes. Quick, easy to understand, solved all of the issues. Kudos to you! Amazing help

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
      Watch this video if you don’t understand. czcams.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/video.html

  • @media333
    @media333 Před rokem +1

    Letting the derailer come first to its "resting spot" before tightening the cable was just the thing that worked for me. Haven't heard any other online cable people recommend doing that first. Thanks much. Great help!

  • @Valscorn01
    @Valscorn01 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Quite possibly the most useful video for bikes, on CZcams.

  • @skam790
    @skam790 Před 5 lety +1

    I got a free bike, but I wasn’t able to ride it because I couldn’t shift gears. I watched this video and 20 minutes later I had the shifters decreased, re-lubed, and working perfectly. Thanks!

  • @nunyabusiness6277
    @nunyabusiness6277 Před 5 lety +71

    Instead of “Bill Nye the Science Guy” it’s “Rj the bike guy”

  • @Kent10810
    @Kent10810 Před 2 lety +5

    Great video easily explained, fixed my problem my self. Before I was going to take it to the bike shop and know they would have charged me an arm and a leg to do the job that took me 3 min to do.

    • @Agilepickleunite
      @Agilepickleunite Před rokem +1

      Find a new bike shop mine adjusted my brake pads fixed my derailer and taught me how to do it all again I the future for 15$

  • @reikiv3
    @reikiv3 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I'm glad I found this channel. My problem ended up being my gear disks came undone 😢 so it's $80+ paying someone to put it on or buy a new bike. Either way, rip wallet.

  • @Ali-Rida
    @Ali-Rida Před 2 lety

    After a lot of research on YT to fix my bike's rear derailleur shifting issue I finally found the issue and solution! Couldn't find a YT video on this matter! I explain it below:
    1) The most common type of housing has an inner thin wires tube and an outer plastic covering tube. Apparently after a while because of pressure the outer plastic tube jams and the inner tube wires are exposed that can get crushed by pressure on ferrels! This causes a serious metal-metal fraction between the cable and thin wires of housing, worse than any dirt or rust can do!
    2) Loosen the shifter cable and release the cable at the derailleur (watch YT guides) and through all housings to free all housing parts.
    3) You have to cleanly cut the exposed thin wires of housing to align it with plastic cover tube. Be careful not to block inner empty hole (where the cable passes) by crushing the wires. You need a sharp wire cutter (or a specialized tool from bike shop!) Then clean up both ends of housing and lube a bit.
    4) Insert the cable in all housing parts and through the derailleur cable clamp. Since you lost some housing length, to have the same tension on the cable at a particular gear you need to pull the cable out of derailleur cable clamp a bit compared to what it was before. This needs to be fine tuned to have perfect correspondence between shifter and derailleur for all gear range (watch YT guides).
    Hope it helps someone.

  • @mikekardell995
    @mikekardell995 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Good video. Turns out there are actually four reasons your shifts may not work:
    1: shifters
    2: derailleur
    3: cables
    4: user error

  • @sauravonutube
    @sauravonutube Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks for a detailed video. I bought a Schwinn Trailway bike from Target 3 days ago. The bike was not shifting to the highest gear. Your explanation was sufficient to get the issue fixed. Thanks again!

  • @spookyskeleton6086
    @spookyskeleton6086 Před 5 lety +13

    i feel like ive improved as a person after watching this video and learning the info to fix my brothers bike. thanks so much!

  • @IIISWILIII
    @IIISWILIII Před 7 lety

    This video fixed my issue in 41 seconds flat. Paused, removed an external headlight battery strapped to the crossbar, and problem was solved. (never considered cable restriction could be an issue until watching). Thanks RJ

  • @andrewwhitehead7463
    @andrewwhitehead7463 Před 2 lety

    Thanks to your video Ive sorted my 45 year old bike myself (after making the whole front derailer slip out of position while going uphill _ dont ask!). So many, many thanks.

  • @MrLongmd01
    @MrLongmd01 Před 7 lety +8

    Your an absolute legend RJ. I come straight to your channel whenever i've got some maintenance to do on my bikes. I always can find what i am looking for (or just about) and when i try it actually works! Keep it up

    • @uselessspectator9427
      @uselessspectator9427 Před 6 lety

      Do you use your bike to pedal to JWACS?

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
      Watch this video if you don’t understand. czcams.com/video/TCSUKIhjevo/video.html

  • @davdjimenez1150
    @davdjimenez1150 Před 5 měsíci

    One day I wanted to clean my bike and decided to also tighten all the screws I can see, such a bad idea I did not know what the were for, thanks to this video I was able to readjust all my gears and wires

  • @kristinegustafson3310
    @kristinegustafson3310 Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you!! I was able to diagnose and fix the problem easily with this video! Saved me a trip to the bike shop!

  • @mikelipsey8837
    @mikelipsey8837 Před 8 lety +70

    You saved me $65! Thank you!

    • @johnalexander8444
      @johnalexander8444 Před 4 lety +1

      It's helpful very much thank you

    • @_crockery
      @_crockery Před 3 lety

      In kenya you'll pay about 5$ ngl

    • @_crockery
      @_crockery Před 3 lety +1

      @ryan ashley Awwwwwwwww noooooo.... someone insult kenya now I sad. Bro shut up no one asked

  • @Rebels702lax
    @Rebels702lax Před 5 lety +2

    My bike wouldn't shift into all of the gears. it would be stuck on the finer shifter side (idk the correct name) in 5th. The left side worked perfect. After watching this video I messed with my bike a little and now it works like a charm. I think a thank you is in order.

  • @excaliburmartialarts6003
    @excaliburmartialarts6003 Před 7 lety +2

    Just wanted to say this a great video that helps you diagnose a problem like gear shifting with a systematic list of probable culprits. This is what you need before you spend money on the wrong part/component. Just what the Doctor ordered. Thank you.

  • @ildikomatrai3423
    @ildikomatrai3423 Před rokem

    It is a very straight forward video. Thank you. My gears do move up to the largest and back to the smallest gear. The issue with my bike is always that the chain will not move swiftly BETWEEN the gears. I keep adjusting the shifters from time to time. They work for a short while but within a few days the shifting from one gear to the next becomes problematic again.

  • @johndef5075
    @johndef5075 Před 3 měsíci

    I thought my Shimano 600 rear derailleur was worn out. Wouldnt shift into 2 highest gears. A thorough cleaning and its now working great again!

  • @coladia
    @coladia Před 3 lety +1

    THANK YOU!!!!!! 😁👍 My kids are happy and they're impressed with mama!!

  • @trini_boi2414
    @trini_boi2414 Před 9 měsíci

    This is the best video I've seen with adjusting the derailleur..I'll be trying these to see if I could fix my issue

  • @turtlesarecool
    @turtlesarecool Před rokem

    Thank you! For some reason after I manually pushed the derailleur it started working! You're a lifesaver!

  • @TekkorGJC
    @TekkorGJC Před 4 lety +1

    This video just helped me out today. I just bought a Trek Verve 1. The front shifter was not shifting off Gear 1. (has 3 gears) I tried the screws didnt help. Pulled manually on cable bingo..it shifted. So I determined the builder didnt pull the cable tight enough. Found allen screw at end of cable. Loosened it and pulled cable tighter with needle nose pliers and tightened it back. Fixed..gears shifting now.

    • @mangroveclips
      @mangroveclips Před 4 lety +2

      Yo thank you so much!!!! Your comment solved my problem as well!!!!

  • @leeloodallasmultibox6172

    Feeling proactive, I decided to lightly tighten all of the screws on my new bike.
    For some reason, my bike would no longer shift gears and I was stumped~
    Little did I know, the screws at 5:24 are not supposed to screw in all the way!
    I can shift gears again after correcting my earlier mistake.
    Thank you for the video!

  • @Grimtheorist
    @Grimtheorist Před 2 lety +1

    I tried following the advice in this video, and everything about my bike became worse. Then I tried reversing it, and it got even worse. I wish bikes didn't come with so much jargon.

  • @ashesfromashes4129
    @ashesfromashes4129 Před rokem +1

    Thanks for this video- very thorough, very detailed, easy to understand. This is a big help, I'll be running through these tests tomorrow on both my problem children who don't want to shift! Hopefully I'll be able to fix their issues with shifting.

  • @smart_klick_media_8891

    Glad this is the first video CZcams suggested cause you help me define my problem where left shift handle wasnt responding due to it needing lubrication. Had me worried!

  • @Darksonic21
    @Darksonic21 Před 28 dny

    Thank you so much for this, recently bought my girl a bike and it wouldn’t shift onto the large front gear, now I know what I’m at least looking for, I never owned bikes with shifters as a kid so I was never familiar with how they operated

  • @ihatemundays2
    @ihatemundays2 Před 4 lety

    I got a Montague bike about 7 years ago, and after a few years of continual use, it had difficulty shifting to a point I just got used to the gear it was on. I'm going to try these ideas and see if I can get my amazing bike back. Thanks!

    • @ihatemundays2
      @ihatemundays2 Před 4 lety

      Just tried working on the index screws. I'll need a can of WD-40 to clean off all the rust and such, but I'm successfully able to shift the gears. Rode the bike for a block or two around my house. Thanks for the helpful video!

  • @barryffay
    @barryffay Před 10 měsíci

    Gets right down to it! Great explanations. I went right out and fixed my bike`s shifting! What else matters?

  • @ConnorCanRead
    @ConnorCanRead Před rokem

    Just for myself when I watch this again in a few months...
    IT'S THE STAND YOU USE! THE BIKE'S WEIGHT IS RESTRICTING YOUR REAR DERAILLEUR CABLE. TAKE IT OUT FOR A 15 SECOND TEST RIDE.

  • @garybrown1530
    @garybrown1530 Před 7 lety +2

    Thanks RJ The Bike Guy! This was another GREAT video! Tomorrow I'm going to work on fine-tuning the gear shifting so I can get the chain to the lowest gear.

  • @tewstronge9173
    @tewstronge9173 Před 5 lety

    Thanks dude! Took so much time messing with the derailer but thanks to you I realized it was the wire itself. Thumbs up!

  • @hasansakaji9907
    @hasansakaji9907 Před 7 lety +44

    your the olny person that helped me with my problem

  • @danielmcgrane5698
    @danielmcgrane5698 Před 3 lety

    Best video I've seen on YT to fix this problem, well done sir!

  • @BrainInACat
    @BrainInACat Před 5 lety +4

    Manually changing the gears like you showed actually helped kick mine back into place so thank you for the tip!

  • @stacy6291
    @stacy6291 Před 2 měsíci

    Changed my back tire frontier first-time on my own and my gears won't shift properly now. Going to watch this more in depth. Hopefully ai n can figure it out

  • @roncooke2188
    @roncooke2188 Před 4 lety

    Yes i do agree and i change the cables when i have bike in for servicing but this trike is new 6 weeks old, one is not jumping to conclusions that a cable need replacing. But we got there and all sorted

  • @Jay-ie6rk
    @Jay-ie6rk Před 4 lety +2

    I watched half of this video and I learned so much😂😂💯

  • @micochong004
    @micochong004 Před 9 měsíci

    The part about the derailleur was extremely helpful. Thank you very much!

  • @idezilla
    @idezilla Před 6 lety

    I replaced my cable (Bell 4-cable box from Walmart) and rear derailleur works fine now. Also, the rear clamp had a groove that would not clamp the cable but slid on it. Had to wrap the cable around the clamp, works fine now.

  • @lj1846
    @lj1846 Před 3 lety

    You bloody legend, so underrated my favourite step by step channel

  • @T-34-57-fl5ds
    @T-34-57-fl5ds Před 6 měsíci

    This is very informative but not what I was needing but I will keep it in mind

  • @XeniX237
    @XeniX237 Před 6 lety +12

    This was a very informative and useful video!

  • @roncooke2188
    @roncooke2188 Před 4 lety

    Thanks RJ. Had a bike in my workshop yesterday for a service, my first job i replaced all the cables🤑🤑🤑

  • @leighfennell7890
    @leighfennell7890 Před 5 lety

    Well done video. My Shimano Revoshift 7 speed was making a slight noise when pedalling except in the very high gears and very low gears. I decided to adjust it according to the manual provide with the bike (huffy Sienna).Well, I made things worse. I went from a bit of noise with a full range of gears, down to 1 gear. This video filled in some blanks in the manual by explaining how the high and low adjustment screws function on the rear derailleur. Thanks.

  • @eddielorenzana2320
    @eddielorenzana2320 Před 5 lety

    Man thank you so much. I have Shimano shifters and I just went an flooded the shifter with WD40 and it worked. Thank you!

    • @RJTheBikeGuy
      @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 5 lety

      Follow up with a good lubricant like Tri Flow.

  • @Ethan.Akright
    @Ethan.Akright Před 7 lety

    Thank you so much my dad got these bikes for free because the gears didn't work and now all the gears work.

  • @ireallyhatepunks
    @ireallyhatepunks Před 11 měsíci

    Thanks. Fixed why I couldnt get into 3rd gear after watching your video.

  • @sammywhammy8295
    @sammywhammy8295 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this video! I was spending a couple hours trying to figure out what was wrong and it was those darn limit screws! This was a really good video!

  • @dashcamuk6988
    @dashcamuk6988 Před 2 lety

    Thanks man, saved me a repair bill for something so simple

  • @VIICamel
    @VIICamel Před 4 lety +3

    Your video taught me so much about my mountain bike. I’ve never worked on one before (its a 21 speed) and my front derailleur was stuck on the small cog. I loosened up the tension on the cage so that i could physically move my chain over to the middle cog because there were no tension in my gears while switching up and down. Now i have great tension and they are changing at least a little. I can’t get the front derailleur to switch between cogs... any tips? For now it at least works on one cog, but i would like it to work completely 😂

    • @RJTheBikeGuy
      @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 4 lety

      Can't tell you without working on the bike. Go though the video.

  • @selfimprovementsimplified9370

    Nothing like going down the rabbit hole of fixing a small problem

  • @swordman7895
    @swordman7895 Před 6 lety +5

    Lol, I bought a bike and 1 gear was at the beginning out of service and the gears were rattling all the time. So I watched some videos and tried manual and now I have 3 gears out of service, but at least it's not rattling. I am dying for this. :(
    It's so annoying when you don't have good tools or work stand for the bike, like in this video he has. You either need to turn the bike upside down, or rise the back wheel every time to test what happened after your last edit. Then you need to work in dark garage in very strange and bad position where your back starts to hurt to see where is that some screw that would do something you don't understand properly.

    • @davidlundmark9359
      @davidlundmark9359 Před 2 lety

      I also had this problem for a couple of years, then I bought some tools and a workstand to hang your bike in and it's soooo much easier and actually fun to work on my bikes now. I highly recommend a bike workstand!

  • @neilfroggycrompton2466

    most common is slack in the cable caused by cable stretch,adjusting cable tension @ the barrel or undo the bolt & pull it tight & tighten the bolt again.

  • @kaleb5153
    @kaleb5153 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much, this video stopped me from bringing my bike to a bike shop

  • @zENSEz
    @zENSEz Před 4 lety

    Thanks! Fixed my problem. Just had to loosen the screws and it worked like a charm.

  • @hope6840
    @hope6840 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for this video! It showed me that I have an issue with the high-limiting screw.

  • @thunderwood
    @thunderwood Před 4 lety

    This video help me fix a used bike that I bought. Thank you!!!

  • @stephaniebond4240
    @stephaniebond4240 Před 3 lety

    i think your video was very informative.. my bikes gears wont shift they will but its really hard to get them to shift anyways ty for makeing this video

  • @tropical9378
    @tropical9378 Před 2 lety

    Youre a godsend 🙏 i wouldve been stranded in the street if it wasnt for you

  • @MathIsGreatFun
    @MathIsGreatFun Před 4 lety +2

    Phenomenal video, thank you! So much great information was presented. I have always been intimidated by the inner-workings of a mountain bike... until now.

    • @followhim.8543
      @followhim.8543 Před 2 lety

      Hey! I just want to tell you to get it right with God Before you leave this World. God is one and great and all of us humans owe God because we have broken His laws that are carved in our hearts and known as God's ten commandments. The Bible says that there is not one good man and that everyone is condemned by God to pay the price for their sin and that is death. God is great and he is our judge he will judge us for our sin and we can not do anything about it because God can not just ignore sin. thus we all deserve death and hell 🔥 .
      But God he was gracious to us humans and had his son Jesus sacrificed on the cross for your and my sin so that we would not be lost and suffer in the eternal fire. It is written in the Bible: John 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. so instead of you dying JESUS ​​died on the cross he was mocked, beaten, whipped for you . just for you and me and all the mankind. he could at any second call down angels to help him of the cross but no he chosed to suffer for you and on that way God showed that he loves. Three days later Jesus was resurrected from death and that showed that he didn’t deserve to die because he was perfect but he taked the punishment of our sin so that we could live with God.
      So turn to God and believe in him through Jesus it is the only way to eternal life with God. God also transformed me because I did disgusting things, but when I received Jesus, God began to do his work in me and thanks to the Lord I am saved. Please do not ignore this because I do not want you my sister or brother to be lost. but through Jesus there is not a single way to God for God is just he can not just forget your sin as long as nothing has paid for your sin and Jesus did. think about this in this way: you’re in a court you are convicted of a punishment the judge will not remove your punishment for the good stuff you have done no he will judge you for the bad ones. but if someone pays your penalty then you are free to go. God did not want you to be lost so He sent Jesus for your sins. It was therefore Jesus said it’s finished before he died. It means that he had taked the punishment of sin instead of you and me. So please Seek God through Christ for Jesus is only way. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life nobody comes to the father except through me. So please turn to Jesus and get salvation before you die. You don’t know when you gone die it could be tomorrow or today. Every day 150 thousand people due and they didn’t know that. So you could be one of them tomorrow. Seek you salvation in Christ.
      Pray with me: Lord I know I have sinned against you but I apologize and I want to be saved through the blood of Christ forgive me and guide me towards your kingdom God . God help me to walk away from my sin and walk with your righteousness. In Jesus name amen 🙏
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  • @davidcoyne3062
    @davidcoyne3062 Před rokem

    We fixed the bike thanks to you.

  • @swjm07
    @swjm07 Před 8 lety +1

    Great video, very informative. This man knows his bikes!

  • @hallu7477
    @hallu7477 Před 2 lety +1

    I am very inexperienced with bike mechanics, so it means something when I say this video saved my ass. Thank you so much!
    (Now on to fix the gear shift indicator.. 😂😂)

  • @050808yuyu
    @050808yuyu Před 4 lety

    Thanks man I was so frustrated... My cycle won't go to highest gear .. adjusted the high limit. . I am good to go ..thanks

  • @ProfessorOzone
    @ProfessorOzone Před 3 lety

    Very helpful. Thank you.
    Don't understand the downvotes. Some people.

  • @wm9208
    @wm9208 Před 2 lety

    This video was the best by far on CZcams thanks for the help!!

  • @andreas7027
    @andreas7027 Před 5 lety +1

    Excellent! Pedagogical and educational. 5/5 stars!

  • @MegaKnights13
    @MegaKnights13 Před 4 lety

    Great! Fixed the problem with three turns of my lower limit on the derailleur

  • @mooremoneymakin
    @mooremoneymakin Před 2 lety

    Great video - helped me fix my bike not changing to the top 2 gears (was a combo of the first 2 points)

  • @stiiffyrabbit
    @stiiffyrabbit Před 5 lety

    You helped me, about 40 seconds in - the brake acting as a gear down-shift, alerted me to the fact that my bike has a gear down-shift lever. D'oh!

  • @jgbuff04
    @jgbuff04 Před 7 lety

    thanks for the video done in simple easy to understand layman terms. Made fixing my old mountain bike a breeze.

  • @macallangiunta9825
    @macallangiunta9825 Před 6 lety +3

    i genuinely have no idea how anyone could dislike this video lol

  • @junito9076
    @junito9076 Před 5 lety

    Bike shops don't even try to mess with this guy just cuz he's trying to be helpful to people that can't afford unreasonable prices

  • @Ilikefood56
    @Ilikefood56 Před 2 měsíci

    Ty so much my bff kept on using my bike and today she just ruined it im so happy I fixed my bike and now I will never bring my bike outside ❤

  • @981boxster
    @981boxster Před 5 lety +3

    Thankyou very much for the extremely useful video

  • @pvishnuprakash8466
    @pvishnuprakash8466 Před 5 lety

    Hey I want to thank you cause of your video I was able to fix my MTB and its gear

  • @firstnamelastname6216

    I'll be damned, the rear derailleur just needed to be worked out a little bit and a lil more WD-40!!! Right on man!!! 👍✌

  • @ehnvee_
    @ehnvee_ Před 5 lety +6

    I just bought a bike (used) but when I shift up It goes back down. I have to hold it at a certain number to keep it on the specific gear

    • @RJTheBikeGuy
      @RJTheBikeGuy  Před 5 lety

      Then it is likely the shifters. Did you go through the video?

  • @liezelchannel8555
    @liezelchannel8555 Před 2 lety

    Thank you😀😀 very informative...I can check now why my bike shifter

  • @GoldenWave23
    @GoldenWave23 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for the help
    My bike has been like this for a bit now and I finally decided to fix it and this really helped

  • @Uri1000x1
    @Uri1000x1 Před 2 lety

    I was looking for why both up and down shifts happen a second after I release the shift lever? (This happens on my rear sprockets, so I have to wait a second before starting to pedal again in the new gear.)

  • @mtlnascarfan
    @mtlnascarfan Před 8 lety

    For some messed up reason, this is the only video out of your entire catalog that won't play.

  • @Wolf-Rayet_Arthur
    @Wolf-Rayet_Arthur Před 5 lety +2

    I relate to the guy in this video: in the garage, with white socks. Subbed for that reason (and the repair advice too lol)

  • @prawaljain4765
    @prawaljain4765 Před 7 lety

    thankyou dude. it helped me a lot repairing my bike. otherwise it could have gone to scrap.👍👍

  • @aarongrosbeck1427
    @aarongrosbeck1427 Před 4 lety

    Thanks for the information. Gonna be able to fix my front derailer issue.