Does your chain hang low?
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No\nMine is well in tact...... no hanging here.\nLOL\nAre you over 21?\nmandy
666283
is a bell necessary on a bike?\n\nbest wishes\nisabelle
870244
the story goes that if the clasp of the chain comes all the way down and touches the charm, it's supposed to signal good luck and you're supposed to make a wish before you fix it.\nI don't know how that story got started, and I have no stats on how accurate it is.
661967
How the heck did THAT happen?  How low do they hang?!  lol
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The left hand lever will contol the gear shifter on the chainring (at the front) and the right one will control the shifter on the sprockets (at the back).  \n\nPulling either lever back will move the chain to a larger chainring or sprocket.  At the back a larger sprocket means a lower gear (pedalling is easier but you have to pedal faster) and at the front a larger chainring will mean a higher gear.  An "older" bike will probably have 2 chainrings on the front and 5,6 or 7 sprockets on the back.  This means that you will be making most of your gearshifts using the right hand lever, forwards for higher gears and backwards for lower.  Think of your left hand lever as a "low range" or "high range" selector, you pull it back for higher gears when you are going fast and push it forwards for lower gears when you are going slower, climbing hills.\n\nIt is a common problem to lose the chain when you move from the small chainring to the large.  This means that your shifter is moving a bit too far, pushing the chain off.  To stop this from happening you need to set the limit stops on your shifter mechanism.  Your front shifter will have 2 small screws attached to it, if you move the left hand gear lever you will see that these screws limit the movement of the shifter cage.  Find which screw stops the movement of the shifter when you pull the lever back and tighten this one by about a half turn.  If you are losing the chain off the small ring then you need to make a similar adjustment to the other screw.  If you then find that you can't shift the chain between the rings hen you have over adjusted and you need to loosen the appropriate screw a little.\n\nIf you are having problems withthe chain at the back the rear mechanism has a similar arrangenet of 2 limit stop screws and the same principle applies.
679123
Adjust your margin settings. I've got mine set as close to zero as it will go.
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Not necessarily. A loose sprocket would move from side to side, not front to back, so unless it is REALLY loose that is not the problem.\n\nIf your problem is that the chain falls off, then a loose sprocket can be the problem. When you place pressure on the pedals it will pull a loose sprocket out of the chainline and the chain will track off the gears.
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what is you lowest low?\n\n On my 60 CM Palo Alto it's 34x28, on my 58 Merckx is 42x21, I am 6'2" with 170mm cranks on both ( triple gipiemme on the Palo Alto ). Rode in Mexico 2 years ago with my Campi Double 41x22 on 7% grade for 2 miles and I nearly died, hence the switch to 34 on triple low and 28 rear for my "Mexico" bike. Both bike are old school non carbon steel Italian ( the Merckx is Belgium ) bike with Campi Super Record groups on both bikes ( no longer made , about 20 years old, but got all the parts on eBay, some of it NOS ) with toe clips ( yup even retrofitted modern SIDI shoes for toeclip use. ).
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Low however it can happen
999196
it might be that the chain isint on the same gear..or the gears that are alinged with each other.....you could try to get some oil libricant at a hardware store...to put on the gears and chain..
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If the chain skips the teeth on the gears, then go back to the shop where you had the work done.  Tell them to fire the orangutan working in the back, fix the chain length, and give you a water bottle or something for your troubles.  Make sure that the teeth on the gears have not been worn down because of their incompetence.  They should have done a test ride before returning it to you.\n\nIf the chain skips from one gear to the other when you pedal hard, then check the alignment of the derailleurs.  You may need to adjust the cable tension on that derailleur.
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just keep practising. you will slowly get more used to it. find new ways to push the envelope. a tricky one is to turn somewhat tightly when going at a decent rate. you shift your weight to the right petal and lean the bike over. if you can get your speed and turning right, you may be able to touch your handle bar to the ground while your moving. i can get it down to about 6 inches. wee!
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I would guess you have a derailleur problem, freewheel or cassette it doesn't matter or make a difference.\nThe 1st thing to address would be make sure your tension bolt is adjusted to the proper tension.\n\nIf this doesn't work you may have to adjust your high and low adjustment screws which will adjust your pulleys with your top and low gear.\nThis is done by shifting to the lowest gear and turning the low adjustment screw or bolt so that the guide pulley moves to a position directly below the low gear and then repeat the process again using the high end adjustment bolt with your highest gear.\n\nAfter that try adjusting the adjustment bolt, it's on the back of the derailleur the one the cable runs through.\n1st put your bike on a stand and put your chain on the second smallest gear and turn the crank slowly, if your chain is touching 3rd gear turn the adjustment bolt clockwise until the chain noise is gone.\n If it's touching 1st gear then turn it counterclockwise until the noise is gone. \nFollowing the procedure should solve your problem.
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Even though everything seems tight, it's probably the bottom bracket.  With the cartridge-style bottom brackets, it's easy to think they're installed tight.  But until you put a significant load on them, they won't make a noise.\n\nYou can tighten the bottom bracket yourself if you have a crank removal tool and a bottom bracket tool.  One of the reasons that the bottom bracket doesn't get installed tight enough is that it doesn't want to turn freely in the shell.  When you remove the bottom bracket, clean the threads really well and re-install using a liberal amount of grease.  Of course, if this is all too much for you, take it down to a decent bike shop and ask them to tighten up the bottom bracket.
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From the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat stay where the top tube meets it.\nAnd to the guy who answered above, I do not know if you are talking about Huffys or what, but real bicycles are not measured that way. The fact you are using the term "gooseneck"- which does not indentify anything on a modern bicycle indicates that you really do not qualify to answer.
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SIMPLE   INFORM YOU SUPERVISOR...\n\nTHATS THE WAY THE CHAIN WORKS.....
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do you mean shifting?\ndo one at a time while pedaling easy...\nyry to keep the chain as straight as necessary to avoid too much 'crossover'