One of the most common issues you’ll experience whilst out and about on the bike is that your gears start to misbehave, jump about or not shift up or down when you ask them to. Unless you are blessed with an electronic group set like Shimano’s Di2 system, your gears are going to be controlled by cables. Unfortunately, over time these cables can stretch, fray and drag muck and grit into the plastic cable outer, meaning that they no longer work as efficiently as they should. If you’ve just bought a new bike, or recently had your gear cables serviced, you’re … Continue reading Indexing your rear derailleur