newbie question: what is "ghost shifting"?

Ghost shifting is when the gear changes unexpectedly, without actually having initaited the change.
This typically happens when in certain gears and the tension on the chain changes, e.g. when
starting a climb - most likely when the gears are slightly mal-adjusted.

I had this start to happen on my bike last year fixed by a service.

Mark

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Ghost shifting is when the gear changes unexpectedly, without actually having initaited the
change. This typically happens when in certain gears and the tension on the chain changes, e.g.
when starting a climb - most likely when the gears are slightly mal-adjusted.

I had this start to happen on my bike last year fixed by a service.

Mark

That, or on FS bikes when shifts are initiated by suspension action. Sometimes the cure for this is
a continuous length of housing from the shifter to the rear mech.

Mike

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thanks in advance =)

-- monique

Something you don't get on a singlespeed.

JD

"Monique Y. Herman" <[email hidden]> skrev i en meddelelse
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thanks in advance =)

A little ghost that follows you and sometimes shifts your gears just to give you a hard time? So
i´ve heard!

;-)

Peter

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That, or on FS bikes when shifts are initiated by suspension action. Sometimes the cure for this
is a continuous length of housing from the shifter to the rear mech.

Mike

The first read shifter cable on my FS was too short and every time the shock compressed it shifted
gears. Longer cable housing, no problem now.

Gary in VA

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thanks in advance =)

-- monique

Something you don't get on a singlespeed.

Thanks, Wheeler ;-)