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Sturmey-Archer gears
29 June 2015 03:27 pmI'm still having a lot of trouble with my bicycle breaking out of middle gear, despite a determined attempt to set it up correctly once and for all.
For reference: notes from http://oldbikeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/how-to-adjust-sturmey-archer-three.html
Screw the spindle into the hub until it is finger-tight, then slacken it off by half a turn.
Screw the adjuster barrel back on to connect the chain to the gear cable. The chain should be completely slack in high gear, and in low gear you should be able to pull a tiny bit more chain out of the hub: dead taut is too tight.
Freewheel in high gear means the cable is too tight. Freewheel in middle or bottom gear means the cable is too loose. If you hold the gear lever halfway between middle and high gear, the bicycle should freewheel without engaging any gear.
(Unfortunately these are the same notes I used to set it up last time, and it's breaking out of middle gear again!)
For reference: notes from http://oldbikeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/how-to-adjust-sturmey-archer-three.html
Screw the spindle into the hub until it is finger-tight, then slacken it off by half a turn.
Screw the adjuster barrel back on to connect the chain to the gear cable. The chain should be completely slack in high gear, and in low gear you should be able to pull a tiny bit more chain out of the hub: dead taut is too tight.
Freewheel in high gear means the cable is too tight. Freewheel in middle or bottom gear means the cable is too loose. If you hold the gear lever halfway between middle and high gear, the bicycle should freewheel without engaging any gear.
(Unfortunately these are the same notes I used to set it up last time, and it's breaking out of middle gear again!)
