Originally Posted by starbright57
Banzai...
I am wondering though.....in third gear, if I peddle and then quit peddling and coast awhile...when I start peddling again, it doesn't "catch" right away. Sort of dead spot and then it catches. Not all the time just every now and then. Does this mean it doesn't work correctly, or as the bike shop person said, the peddles just need to catch up or something along that line.
It sounds like the bike shop does not know how to adjust a 3 speed correctly because the transmission is getting stuck or lost in between gears. My Sturmey Archer 3 speed used to do this if the bike hit a hard bump and it would knock the tranmission between gears. I'm surprised this happens to a new bicycle but it can be fixed because the cables stretch as someone stated and will need to be adjusted. well.
I'm not aware of how a SRAM 3 speed works but it's similar principle as a Sturmey Archer hub. Go to the Sram site and see how to make this slight adjustment.