New bike won't shift
11-28-20, 10:42 PM
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New bike won't shift
Hafa Adai all, I finally got my 2020 Scott Addict RC 10 two days ago and now it will not shift on the right shifter. At first it would shift up and I could feel the shifter clicking and attempting to engage when down****ing, but now it will do neither. The RD wants to consistently pull its self down to the smallest cog, even after slightly loosening the tension on the RD. Thanks for any help that can be provided.
11-28-20, 10:44 PM
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Sounds like the rear cable is slipping in the rear mech locknut.
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11-28-20, 11:43 PM
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If this is a new bike bought from a shop just bring it in and they'll adjust it. If not, I'll agree with the post above that the cable needs to be adjusted and tightened. Just tightening the cable won't be enough It isn't hard, but being methodical helps. Try this video as a guide: Park Tool Rear Adjustment Guide
11-29-20, 12:59 AM
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If this is a new bike bought from a shop just bring it in and they'll adjust it. If not, I'll agree with the post above that the cable needs to be adjusted and tightened. Just tightening the cable won't be enough It isn't hard, but being methodical helps. Try this video as a guide: Park Tool Rear Adjustment Guide
11-29-20, 09:41 AM
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If this is a new bike bought from a shop just bring it in and they'll adjust it. If not, I'll agree with the post above that the cable needs to be adjusted and tightened. Just tightening the cable won't be enough It isn't hard, but being methodical helps. Try this video as a guide: Park Tool Rear Adjustment Guide
11-30-20, 07:41 AM
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Per this document, the bike has an electronic shifting system: https://www.scott-sports.com/us/en/p...arl-white-bike so no cable adjustments.
I'd say then to just take it back to the shop, and I'm willing to bet that even they have trouble with it.
In the early days of TV, and of radio before it, everything had tubes. When things went wrong it was usually either a bad tube or a bad connection in the tube socket. You jiggled the tubes, and if that didn't work you ran the tubes through a tester and replaced the bad one. When transistors replaced tubes, it became too difficult to fix. You can't just replace the cable on the bike anymore.
