Old 06-18-19, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bashbike
This discrepancy of testing things out on the bike-stand vs real world riding makes it difficult to tune the derailleur. Is there a trick to make sure that shifting in the real world behaves exactly as on my make-shift bike-stand?
What I normally do is adjust in the stand (a real one) and then test ride taking the tools needed along to make any adjustments on the road as needed.
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