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Sora front derailleur cannot reach top chainring cleanly
I bought a new bike specced with a sora front derailleur and left brifter. I've been unable to make the front derailleur shift properly. I sent a message to the manufacturer (no response yet) but I ...
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Front derailleur clamp/hanger for Rivendell frame
I am building a bike with a Rivendell custom frameset. The seat tube size is 29.7mm. I am mounting a Dura-Ace FD-R9150 front derailleur that is braze-on.
I'm looking for an adapter clamp but the ...
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Which limit screw is which?
I had to replace my front derailleur on my mtb. Now I just need to adjust it however the limit screws are not marked. Does anyone know if the L limit screw is closest to the frame? Or is that one the ...
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Multiple gears shifted while not pedaling
It happened again, but much worse this time. Someone shifted the front derailleur from 2 to 1 and the rear derailleur from 5 to 9 without pedaling when I was in school. Does this do any significant ...
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Are there special heavy-duty front derailleurs for recumbent trikes or recumbent bicycles?
I have a "normal" short wheelbase highracer recumbent bicycle (Radius Hornet I) for about 20 years now, so I'm generally used to recumbent-specific things. But since recently I also own an ...
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Did I just buy an inverted front derailleur?
I have a mtb and my derailleur is old, now that I removed it I see that is in tip top condition(I try to take very good care of my bike) but as I already had the new one, I decided to just go with the ...
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Front Derailleur Won't shift down
I had an issue with my from derailleur and took it into a bike shop where the guy told me nothing was wrong with it even though I was noticing some noise coming from it. I then tried velofix the bike ...
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Chain hitting front derailleur cage with H limit screw fully loosened
I followed the Park Tools guide to set up my gears. The rear derailleur was a success but I can't manage to adjust the front derailleur so that the chain stops grinding on the guard. There's no more ...
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Will a 3x10 or 3x9 front derailleur work on a 6/7 speed chain?
Will a 3x10 or 3x9 front derailleur work on a 6/7 speed chain? Can't seem to find a good MTB front derailleur for 6/7 speed chain. Tourneys won't do it for me
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Shifting direction is different for front and rear shifters
I have been riding singlespeed and 1x setups for decades. The last time I had a front derailleur was over 30 years ago, and the shifter was on the downtube then, and I don’t have any memory of how it ...
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How to check and ensure parallelism of front derailer and chainrings?
Various instructions of front derailers with clamp want me to ensure that the derailer cage is parallel to the chainrings.
What is the preferred way to do this?
Since the derailer cage has quite a ...
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Can a 9x3 front derailleur fit on a 7x3 configuration?
I own a budget MTB (Decathlon Rockrider ST 100), with 3x7 speed and I want to upgrade the cheap derailleurs to something more reliable (Such as Shimano Deore).
I already changed the brakes and ...
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Broken front derailleur 7400 Dura Ace
The chain came off a couple of times while I was riding yesterday and when I tried to put the chain back, the small screw came off from front derailleur.
I think maybe that’s a thing to attach the ...
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Front derailleur cable hits path of pedal
The front derailleur cable is on the path of the pedal.
Derailleur cable is in the path of the pedal (right of picture):
The amateurish solution of pulling it back with a loop requires a solution ...
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Front derailleur not shifting up
I have a road bike with shimano front derailleur and dropped shifter. For weeks my front derailleur has been very stiff, requiring much force on the shifter to go onto the bigger ring, so the other ...
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