Rear Derailleur won't use entire range of gears!

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Rear Derailleur won't use entire range of gears!

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Location: Canada

08-03-2008, 03:51 AM

If it's a rapid-fire shifter (with thumb and forefinger levers), sometimes they get gunked up and you can loosen them by squirting some tri-flow or light oil into the body and working through the gears. If that doesn't work you may have to take it apart.

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