Road Bike Gear Cable Snapped
Easy way to fix.
Road bike gear cable snapped. After a couple of gruelling hours of unintended overgeared efforts the final climb up north rocks road was unpleasant to say the least. They re so sensitive to little kinks or snaggy bits or bits of grit that the shifting just won t work accurately at least not on a modern road bike like ou has got. Everything worked fine on the ride but it got me to wondering what i could do if my cable had snapped a bit later and broken mid ride. No riding to work until it s fixed either.
Pull the cable all the way out of the frame being careful not to unseat. Gear cable snapped inside lever on road bike. Next move up to the front of your bike and roll back the hood. I don t know how to fix this can you help please.
How to get a broken cable end out of a shimano sti shifter lever. Cable was factory fitted original 4 years old on bike allez ridden every day. You could get away with it on an old friction shifter. Looking at the first pic it seems like cable is still fully anchored and only the end has snapped off so it will be ok to ride until a time it needs replacing in the future.
Viola now your ready cable installation on your bike and go cycling. Be sure to check your bike cables during routine maintenance or repair looking for frayed cable endings and worn or cracked. Fix 5 common bike repairs fast don t let an old cable get in the way of a smooth ride. When you next need to change it for any reason i would recommend a shimano shift cable although any shift cable will do the best ones are stainless steel in my opinion.
Make sure the cable is fully out then remove the cable outer. Free worldwide shipping available. Well the company was good but when my rear gear cable snapped i was left to choose between the mashing the 39 11 or even worse shifting up to a knee crushing 53 11. The night before my rear derailleur cable snapped while i was biking home from work.
Hi my gear cable has snapped for rear derailer. I was able to make it to the bike shop with minutes to spare before they closed and bought a replacement cable. Full range of bike gear cables at chain reaction cycles.