When is your shifter toast???
11-01-11 | 12:47 PM
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When is your shifter toast???
When will you know your shifter is $%^&'d ? I have 10 year old sora shifters on my commuter bike and the right shifter has alot of play in it. It still up shifts but it feels loose thru the shifting arc. Does that mean some gears inside have worn out beyond repair? I know little about sti mechanics but do they reach a point where they wont hold the cable in place and the derailleur spring over powers the shifter?
11-01-11 | 01:10 PM
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When is the last time you replaced the cable?
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11-01-11 | 01:20 PM
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hmm, thats a good question? im pretty good about changing obviously worn cables but maybe its what i dont see?? would a worn cable flow to freely inside the housing? i never thought about that.
11-01-11 | 02:43 PM
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cables are usually the other way around... they typically get stuck due to buildup etc... I would look at replacing the shifters... then again... why not upgrade the set... a good time to do it is now.
11-01-11 | 04:36 PM
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i think they are pretty much done. so my options are new 8 speed shifters for 300! yikes. new 9 speed shifters for 250, less then yikes. or bar end shifters for 75!
11-01-11 | 04:55 PM
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11-02-11 | 01:30 PM
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so the service guy at the bike shop near me blasted the inside of the shifter with something called dri-slide. its a graphite based lubricant that goes on wet, kind of like boe-shield. seems to be working pretty well.
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