I agree with Jim, when I get shifting issues the first thing I check is cables, especially on a new bike. The cable could have half been in a ferrule and bedded itself down or whatnot. Sounds like the front DR is pushing the chain over which indicates you have a lack of tension on the front DR.
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, July 27, 2013 10:31:17 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> #1: Dirty chain catching on bottom of the smaller (the proper term, ahem, >> for us periti, is "chainring" or "ring", he said snootily) so that the >> bottom run of the chain is brought up to, or sucked to, the top to lodge in >> the derailleur? >> >> It's a new bike, so that's unlikely. > > Jay's suggestion is a good possibility. But it sounds to me like the new > cables have stretched a bit and probably need to be made taut again. Do the > bare cables (where they run near the downtube) feel slack when you grab > them? Who set the bike up? If it was a local shop, take it back to them. > > jim m > wc ca > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
