Originally Posted by
Rsmith11
When I switch gears - generally the 1-3 large gears- sometimes the bike won't shift smoothly. I'll from 2x6 to 3x6 for example and it'll try to switch and go cha chunk cha chunk cha chunk and then after doing that 2-4 seconds it'll switch over to the gear I was changing to. I've heard some gears make it tougher for the chain to switch. Does anyone know what the issue might be?
Might just be an adjustment issue. My particular 7.3 doesn't like 4th gear (particularly on the middle ring) if I'm downshifting into it - it seems fine going up through the gears. I was really having problems with it at the end of last season but a tuneup seemed to rectify that - of course now it's back a bit.
I don't really think it's a fault of the bike, as much as it's newness. My old Diamondback went out of tune really fast.