Tech tips and run throughs from Lachlan McKillop. With over 15 years experience in the bike industry and seeing the same mechanical errors occur I wanted to share with everyone that ways I fix bikes.
Road and mountain bike tech from Victoria, Australia. 15 years of experience working on bikes, nothing is gospel on here just processes that I find work so want to share.
My friend, I watched your 3 Tips Video for fixing shifting problems and it absolutely fixed my shifting. I watched your video 3 times before diving in headfirst and doing everything you said, exactly the way you said to do it. Ultimately I had an extra link in the chain! I fixed the chain, and everything else you recommended and the bike shifts perfectly now! I watched a lot of videos on how to correct the shifting but the way you put your video together, the way you described the steps, and the emphasis you put on the most important pieces made it all come together for me. I also really appreciated the quick summary at the end. I have spent hours and hours trying to solve this problem by adjusting the B screw, straightening the hanger, micro adjusting the gears and nothing solved the problem. I even removed a link in the chain at one point and put the link back in and nothing worked. After following your instructions EXACTLY, step by step the problem is solved. Thank you! Keep up the good work. New subscriber.
