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You probably need to add more cable tension. You shouldn't need to move the outer limit screw.
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I tried to tighten it by unscrewing where the cable connects, pulling it tighter, and tightening the screw. Hoo boy, what a comedy of errors.
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I spent 7 hours on Saturday, refitting my Battaglin MAX bike. New cables, new rear derailleur, new cassette, new tires, new handlebar, new bar tape. It took so long because I was trying to make a short cage Centaur derailleur work rather than swap in the medium cage Veloce I'd bought for the job. So after a lot of time spent fruitlessly, I swapped in the Veloce and voila! It works. Now I'm running 53/39 and 12-30.
The frame is so old, it doesn't take a regular cable guide under the BB. No, it's got a plate with two holes in it. And for years, I've been tolerating the sub-optimal shifting from all the added friction it causes. I threaded some shift cable liner through the holes, and fed the cables through that, heavily greased.
New bar, because the Cinelli Nerve I had on it is 1) real old, and 2) a LO--O-ONG way down to the drops, compared with what The Cool Kids are using these days. I used a SOMA Highway One, which is the right shape, and unlike nearly every other bar, it comes in 26.0 and silver. Finished it all off with white Fizik tape. Even got some white gloves just for this bike, so I don't foul the tape as quickly.
I thought about getting 28s, but the 25s I've been running barley fit though the calipers as it is. And the chainstays are pretty close to the tires. SO instead I just replaced the old Ultra Sports with new GP's, pumped to 100/105.
Today was the 'shakedown cruise'. The new bar fits well, in fact it might need to drop a cm or so - at the same stem height, I feel more upright. Or maybe turn the bar down a hair. Shifting was MUCH better! AND the 30 works well! And I think that the tires made a big difference, even though they're the same size at the same pressure. Felt much less rattly. I'm in love all over again!
The frame is so old, it doesn't take a regular cable guide under the BB. No, it's got a plate with two holes in it. And for years, I've been tolerating the sub-optimal shifting from all the added friction it causes. I threaded some shift cable liner through the holes, and fed the cables through that, heavily greased.
New bar, because the Cinelli Nerve I had on it is 1) real old, and 2) a LO--O-ONG way down to the drops, compared with what The Cool Kids are using these days. I used a SOMA Highway One, which is the right shape, and unlike nearly every other bar, it comes in 26.0 and silver. Finished it all off with white Fizik tape. Even got some white gloves just for this bike, so I don't foul the tape as quickly.
I thought about getting 28s, but the 25s I've been running barley fit though the calipers as it is. And the chainstays are pretty close to the tires. SO instead I just replaced the old Ultra Sports with new GP's, pumped to 100/105.
Today was the 'shakedown cruise'. The new bar fits well, in fact it might need to drop a cm or so - at the same stem height, I feel more upright. Or maybe turn the bar down a hair. Shifting was MUCH better! AND the 30 works well! And I think that the tires made a big difference, even though they're the same size at the same pressure. Felt much less rattly. I'm in love all over again!
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If not, a way to get some more tension on the FD cable is to loosen the cable, turn the low limit screw in a turn or two so the derailleur cage moves away from the seat tube, then pull the cable taught and re-tighten. Then reverse the adjustment on the low limit screw and the return spring should pull the cable tight.
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A picturesque moment on the ride home as I passed over ye olde CSX on a bridge. It had railcars full of gravel.
"Good riddance," I muttered, as it lumbered toward the setting sun.
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And +1 on the barrel adjusters
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CSX still seems new to me. Of course I haven't spent any quality time trainwatching back east since 1980-ish.
In DC is was all about RF&P, and the B&O
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I’d take it personally if it wasn’t true. It’s almost daily that my wife points out that I’m bleeding and asks me if I’ve been near sharp things again. The funny thing is, I hardly notice anymore.
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Sounds like the flipper style FD adjuster
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Some people don't put an adjuster on the front derailleur cable because they rarely need adjustment. If it suddenly got a lot closer to the chain either the cable is fraying, the cable clamp bolt slipped, or the derailleur clamp moved.