hello all!!!hope someone can help i bought my daughter(10) a new bike for school the problem is the gears wont change on the front dralia?the front gears there is 3 of them and it wont change!it,s ok on the lower 2 but will not change to the higher one just makes lots of disturbing noises!!can anyone help me to sort this out i have been back to halfords today and they told me that they had sorted it out but it still will not change gear!if anyone knows this bike can i upgrade the gears as i do not want to work on it hence why i bought this bike it was the most expensive bike in the shop i thought it would be problem free!!!!

sorry for the rant on my first post.

golden

There might not be enough tension in the cable. There's a barrel adjuster near the left shifter. Turn it counterclockwise maybe one or two times. See if that works. If not, the screw limits might need to be adjusted. Take a screwdriver and loosen the one that as "H" near it. Maybe 1/8 turn. Then see. If not turn 1/8 more. Keep at it until it shifts to the higher gear.

Also the orientation of the front derailleur needs to be at a certain distance from the chainrings. You will learn all you need to know about front derailleur adjusting here: https://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=75

thank you very much for that!i did think buy buying a good bike i wouldnt need to do this but i will try in the morining!

thanks golden

front dralia = front derailleur

" the front gears there is 3 of them and it wont change!it,s ok on the lower 2 but will not change to the higher one just makes lots of disturbing noises" . The front derailleur needs adjustment or the cable needs to be tighten again, the noise probably is because the chain is scratching the chainwheel.

Can u figure it out if the cable that goes to the front derailleur has tension or not? If you can figure it out this you will figure it out how to fix the tension that probably is the main problem, cables stretch or the cable came lose in the front derailleur it self. If you can't just look at these 2 videos and then try to figure it out

https://bicycletutor.com/adjust-front-derailer/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngm6dr-1na0

Two different bikes, two different ways to adjust the stuff but pretty much the 1st thing is to check the tension in the cable, thing shown in the video, if that does not fix it think more, to do the cable thing move the Front derailleur lever all the way to the small (1st) chain ring, then do the stuff.

Good luck

You just bouhgt it. Take it back the the bike shop and let them fix it for you.

yes i did today and was told it was fixed but its not!!i can only compare it to my bike i bought about 2 years from wiggle its a felt q720 and i have never had to do anything to it!!i told this to the guy in halfords and he told me to buy the luna!!if i have to take it back again it will be for a refund!!

golden

U couldn't figure it out with the videos, right?