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Tagged with derailleur front
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Putting a front Derailleur on a carbon frame
Do you put anything under the clamp on the carbon to protect it? In the past I've tightened brakes on MTB handle bars to much and wrecked them so I'm wondering.
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Can any front shifter be used for 3 x 9?
I want to buy a new front shifter for my 3x9 speed MTB. The XTR M970 shifter is rare and expensive. Can I just use the front shifter from a 2/3 x 10 system? e.g. Shimano XTR M980 ? Are Shimano front ...
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Can I use a narrowide chainring on a double rings crankset?
I would like to go touring using my narrowide chainring, but I would like as well to put a smaller chainring (the infamous Grannie) so that I could have it as a last resort in case of really hard ...
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Is an Ultegra front derailleur compatible with Sora shifters?
I have a old trek road bike with 2X9 setup. I need to change the front derailleur. Can I use a Ultegra fd-r8000?
My shifters is Shimano Sora.
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What are my options for replacing/upgrading my MTB front mech?
I recently damaged my front mech, a Shimano Acera, top swing, bottom pull, triple chainring. The rear cassette is 8-speed. So I need to replace this front mech.
The original Shimano Acera is probably ...
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Front derailleur cable touching frame?
Installing gears on my bike on my own for the first time.
I pulled the front derailleur gear cable through an intended hole in the frame like so:
So everything should be fine. However, looking under ...
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Front Deraillleur Barrel Adjustment
I'm working on adjusting my front derailleur; Shimano 105 group set 5700 series. On reading on the net and also watching a couple of online youtube videos there is comments about the barrel ...
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Shimano Front derailleur
I am rebuilding a Trek 2005 model 6500 and my spec. sheet for the bike says it has a Shimano Alivio front derailleur. Where do I find the model no. that should be stamped on the part? I don't see it ...
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Shifter labeled low to high
On my bike, on the left shifter, It is labeled low to high and has lots of dots between them.
I don't know how to shift to one individual gear on the front derailleur. It seems that If I shift it ...
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Cable tension for Shimano 105 front derailleur is very tight
I just got a Merida Scultura 400.
On the biggest chainring, there's rubbing on the outside of the front derailleur cage. The only way that I can lower this is by tightening the cable by a lot. Is this ...
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ideal dérailleur height for a Deore on non-round/oval Cranksets (e.g. a Biopace)?
Reading on every site about front dérailleur adjustment, the distance from the bottom of the outer dérailleur plate to the bigger crank cog should be "one penny".
Mine is around 1cm! it does shift ...
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Adjusting a triple front derailleur after removing largest chainring
I have a touring/commuting bike with full Shimano 105 -- triple in the front.
I just removed the outer (largest) chainring and replaced it with a chain guard.
It's easy enough to crank on the limit ...
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chain getting stuck between chainrings
I have an old Cannondale road bike with Suntour shifters.
When I shift from the front middle ring to the small inner-most ring, the chain falls into the gap and binds tightly between the two rings. ...
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