Ok, as you can see, I'm new here, as this is my first post 🙂
Thinking it might be impolite with out introducing myself and to make a biography short, I just started to take interest in road biking. I've been riding bikes since I was 5 and to this date I am 16 and wanted to take cycling to more extensive level. I am mechanically literate in automotive mechanics, which I thought would be no problem towards a bike. I was partially wrong. 🙁
I bought a Novara Forza from REI last week. Of course it's not the best, but its was to my budget, even though carbon fibre seemed attractive.
The Forza has all Shimano SORA components. As I've read reviews, most riders dislike thier operation.
Recently I experienced a noise with the chain rubbing on the front der. plate. It happens when the chain is like with the largest rear sproket and the large fron chainring. The shifter on the left has a "trimming" fuction which will slide the plate slightly to the side, so the chain will no longer rub.
I tried this, and somehow it's not sticking to the "trim" mode. It ends up clicking twice which goes down to the intermediate chainring on the front.
I have no idea how to fix this. Or whether it's a product defect or installation mistake. I don't want to take it to the REI mechanics yet, since that would use up my free one year tune-up.
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
-paK -1
P.S. Pardon the illiterate bike jargon and speeling 🙂