Originally Posted by engstrom

I have a 3 week old 2010 Madone 4.7 with 185 miles on it. It has SRAM Rival components. Recently I've started having problems shifting to the big ring. When I'm in the second or third largest ring on the cassette (climbing what passes for a hill around these parts) and in the small ring up front I can't shift to the large ring when I reach the crest. If I try to shift to the large ring the chain seems close to engaging and makes a lot of noise but it won't catch. I end up shifting back to the small ring and the noise stops since the front derailleur no longer is pushing the chain. Then after I shift the rear a click or two it'll shift to the big ring flawlessly.

So since I'm new to wrenching on things that aren't fixed by hitting them with a hammer or tightening to hundreds of foot pounds is there any advice you can give me on 1) how to fix this particular problem 2) give me some references - books, links, etc. - so I can learn more about the hows and whys of shifting/brakes/etc. in general and SRAM in particular.

Thanks