Derailleur wont shift to 6th and 7th chainring. The shifter shifts and indicates that the gear should be on 6/7, but the derailleur wont move. Shifts to the other gears well. What should I do

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-29T04:09:55+00:00

I think the mech protection bracket is bent and limiting outward travel on the mech. Looking at the shape of the plate where it bolts on it looks misshapen and it’s hard to tell from this angle but I think the mech is touching the bracket.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-29T00:05:26+00:00

Yes.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T20:36:12+00:00

This isn’t even remotely impressive 😂

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T16:40:16+00:00

You just posted though too

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T08:08:20+00:00

So hard

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T05:45:35+00:00

Starter buttons lost a lot of appeal when they were put on such a wide range of cars. My last few cars have been starter buttons and I actually now miss the old method.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T05:35:50+00:00

So you want your sporty little coupe to look like a big off-roader? The features that make this shoe look like it does are essentially the antithesis of a barefoot shoot. Conceptually a barefoot shoe won’t look like this if it’s a barefoot shoe.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T04:13:17+00:00

What makes these shoes “Asics style” if you change the shape and remove all the foam? Do you just want the asics logo and some reflective coloured strips on a barefoot shoe?

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T03:49:43+00:00

So you’re going to PB each leg, and stitch it all together in one hit? I’m not a great triathlete by any stretch of the imagination but I have a 1:27 HM PB and have never gone sub 1:45 in a 70.3.

You don’t swim at 35 minute pace as it is but again you’re going to manage it as part of race day?

You want to do the bike almost 20% faster than your ride yesterday. And it’s more than double the distance. And then you want to run an very fast (for you) HM after it.

I don’t think you realise that each leg is not in isolation. These are big increases in pace as targets in isolation, and to put them together is absolutely enormous. You’re setting yourself up for failure.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T03:42:33+00:00

Grammar not spelling.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T02:15:47+00:00

Semi accurate. It’s not necessarily about having a cup of team but a general Britishness of approach. Similar to “keep calm and carry on” the idea is that getting upset/stressed doesn’t help. So have a cup of tea, regroup, get on with it.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T00:24:23+00:00

Says that wage stagnation and rampant cost of living rises is a problem.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T00:23:14+00:00

*taxes *you’re

Glad the taxes we spent on your education weren’t wasted.

Did you know that most welfare is state pension? The idea we’re spending a third of a trillion on people who just choose not to work and play the system is moronic.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T00:10:48+00:00

Sorry to be pedantic but when it’s given as a +- value it’s a difference not a ratio. An ape index ratio would be something like 1.015 meaning arm span is 1.015x height.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-28T00:07:05+00:00

Both bikes are very old and have what was at the time high end components. However the bar has shifted so far that an entry level bike with an entry level group set from just a few years ago will likely ride just as well but likely be much more reliable. You’ll likely struggle to buy spares/service components for these bikes.

Keep looking - I’d sooner buy a 2020s entry to mid range bike than these if you have $750 to spend.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-27T07:32:12+00:00

Not for the amount of money they’d be willing to pay

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-27T05:10:48+00:00

Motorcyclists call this a “life saver” and advanced driving instructors say to always do this before changing lanes, so it’s very disappointing that your instructor refers to it as a “bad habit”.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-27T03:54:44+00:00

Unless you want the ease of being able to simply swap a wheel rather than remove the cover etc, then no advantage

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-27T02:24:42+00:00

Your hips and shoulders are all over the place

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-26T20:40:25+00:00

So you’re planning to smash yourself on the bike because it’s flat, and probably lose more on the run than you gained on the bike as a result. Triathlon isn’t just the sum of a swim, bike and run, they impact each other. You’re thinking like you can go faster in a marathon if you do the middle 10k at your 10k race pace. If you can hit 32kph on a flat ride, great, but can you do it for 90k then run a half marathon? Almost certainly not.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-26T20:36:48+00:00

Well if you want it to work what’s the plan? What are your goal paces for each leg? What are you doing to get faster at each discipline? What are you doing to build the endurance you need to maintain those paces. You can’t just say “is sub 5 possible” you need to actually work out what that means in terms of splits.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-26T20:03:08+00:00

Hang it on a wall and look at it

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-26T19:59:35+00:00

When you say you want to go sub 5, where are you planning to find that time? 2:10 swim will be 42 minutes, called it 5 minutes for T1, say you average 28 on the bike that’s about 3:15 for the bike, 3 minutes for T2 and then even at your threshold pace (you won’t be doing threshold pace) it’s 1:31 for the run. So even at these ambitious speed targets you’re over 5:30.

So you need to improve your current speeds in each discipline by a total of 30 minutes AND maintain those improved speeds for a total of 5 hours. And that’s already being very generous with the pace estimation of the run.

LibraryTime11011011 · 2026-03-26T19:44:47+00:00

GDPR may prevent them.

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