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Newbie Question re replacing gear cables

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  1. Original post
    John Latter
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    Hi,

    I'm new to both this newsgroup and to attempting my own cycle repairs
    - so please help if you can!

    Yesterday (Saturday) I was going around a roundabout beneath a dual carraigeway when a car came
    zooming down the sliproad & zapped me. In an attempt to get my bike back on the road I'm trying to
    replace my 5cog back wheel with an (old) 7cog back wheel.

    I've partially disassembled the old 7gear handlebar shifter (or whatever the correct term is!) to
    see how the cable is fitted but can't work it out - unless its threaded thru the 7speed 'switch'
    and all the subsequent cable guides.

    Can anyone help please?

    --

    John Latter

    The 'Socially Acceptable Violence' website: members.aol.comsac.html

    Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism members.aol.comTEM.html

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  2. Sheldon Brown
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    John Latter said:

    ... I'm trying to replace my 5cog back wheel with an (old) 7cog back wheel.

    I've partially disassembled the old 7gear handlebar shifter (or whatever the correct term is!) to
    see how the cable is fitted but can't work it out - unless its threaded thru the 7speed 'switch'
    and all the subsequent cable guides.

    Can anyone help please?

    Shifter cables are generally threaded through all the way. Usually, you want to have the shifter set
    to the slackest (top gear front, bottom rear) position.

    This is actually pretty easy to do, except for twist-grip type shifters, which generally require
    disassembly.

    See also my article on cables: sheldonbrown.comcables.html

    Sheldon "DIY" Brown +----------------------------------------------+
    | Check out my wife's tale of her experience |
    | in the 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris at: |
    | harrietfell.comPBP1975.html |
    +----------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone
    617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
    captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

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  3. Carl Fogel
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    Sheldon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    [snip]

    Quoted message said:

    +----------------------------------------------+
    | Check out my wife's tale of her experience |
    | in the 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris at: |
    | harrietfell.comPBP1975.html |
    +----------------------------------------------+

    Dear Sheldon,

    All right, if you insist, you suacy rogue.

    I'll also check out your wife's story.

    Delightedly,

    Carl Fogel

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  4. John Latter
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    Sheldon Brown said:
    John Latter said:

    ... I'm trying to replace my 5cog back wheel with an (old) 7cog back wheel.

    I've partially disassembled the old 7gear handlebar shifter (or whatever the correct term is!)
    to see how the cable is fitted but can't work it out - unless its threaded thru the 7speed
    'switch' and all the subsequent cable guides.

    Can anyone help please?

    Shifter cables are generally threaded through all the way. Usually, you want to have the shifter
    set to the slackest (top gear front, bottom rear) position.

    This is actually pretty easy to do, except for twist-grip type shifters, which generally require
    disassembly.

    See also my article on cables: sheldonbrown.comcables.html

    Sheldon "DIY" Brown +----------------------------------------------+
    | Check out my wife's tale of her experience |
    | in the 1975 Paris-Brest-Paris at: |
    | harrietfell.comPBP1975.html |
    +----------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone
    617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
    captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

    Thankyou Sheldon 🙂

    --

    John Latter

    The 'Socially Acceptable Violence' website: members.aol.comsac.html

    Model of an Internal Evolutionary Mechanism members.aol.comTEM.html

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