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coppiThat
Props to Brixton Cycles.
Took my S2L in with the problem of not shifting down into 1st gear.
Fun hour spent poking around all of the possible issues before changing the cable and housing. Turns out the little grub(?) nut in the shifter had been moved which meant that (as noted by some on here) there was too much tension in the cable. Casting my mind back I lent the bike to my father in law who is a perennial tinkerer. A quick chat over the weekend and he had indeed "tuned" the shifting (tuned it so it didn't f'ing work), by faffing inside the shifter...
Problem solved. Thanks Brixton Cycles.