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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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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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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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Using a Tiagra/105 front derailleur with R3000 shifters
The Sora 2x derailleur mech that came with my gravel bike broke in half. Is the 2x Tiagra/105 front derailleur compatible with the R3000 shifters? Thanks!
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Trimming Shimano FD-R3000 front derailleur
My front derailleur is a Shimano FD-R3000. I have been trying to adjust it following the ParkTool video at
Basically it seems to be working OK now: the chain is not ...
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Front chainring spacing difference between Shimano and Campagnolo?
I want to upgrade my mid 80s road bike from a 50 tooth to a 53. But the BCD of the big triple chainring is some rare standard that it costs less to buy a whole (used) crank instead. And of course this ...
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Shimano front derailleur - tensioning, can't move shifter
I am trying to fix the front shifting on a bike (not my own, family member). The original reported problems were inability to shift into 3 (largest), combined with a tendency for the chain to come off ...
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Is 1x11 better than any 2X10? [closed]
I am upgrading from a Shimano tourney bike and newbie so please be nice to me .. lol :)
I ride trails and easy bike paths and some roads. For cross country - Semi road/ Semi mountain type riding, ...
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Is this front derailer snapped and/or bent?
I'm no expert but looks no where close to how it should be.
I think a bit has snapped off?
Also looks to be no where close to the outside of the biggest gear, (even when in that gear). It should ...
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Shimano Ultegra 6800 front derailleur tension problem
I'm building up a 2015 Salsa Colossal Ti with a full Ultegra 6800 groupset (though with the RS685 hydraulic shifters). I'm having an issue setting up the front derailleur. I've followed all the ...
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Why 9 speed front derailleur cannot handle 10 speed rear derailleur?
Some people are using non compatible components on their bikes. For example, using Tiagra's old 3x9 speed FD (4503?) with a 10 speed RD. And it works.
So what is the point of saying "Dear customer, ...
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