Road Bike Rear Derailleur Skipping
There may be a problem in the cabling at the rear derailleur or in the shifter itself.
Road bike rear derailleur skipping. Rear derailleur shifting poorly skipping gears. On the road when i attempt to shift to bigger cogs the chain will struggle to move up. Press your shifter once. To fix a skip in the rear derailleur shift your chain into the smallest ring on your rear cassette the hardest gear and the middle or larger ring on your front derailleur.
The derailleur auto upshifting to smaller sprockets. I show the most common causes for chains that skip slip jump gears while pedaling auto shifting phantom shifting derailleur especially while under torque like climbing up a hill or standing. If the shop doesn t use a park tool dag 1 derailleur hanger alignment gauge or some other manufacturer s to inspect verify and correct the relation of the hanger to 3 different points on rim of rear wheel at 180 and 45 degrees apart it is throwing parts at a bike. Sram road and mountain bike rear derailleur compatibility 7 8 and 9 speed sram components are all inter compatible regardless of whether they are road or mountain bike parts.