Harder to change rear wheel?
07-14-20, 09:43 PM
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Harder to change rear wheel?
Is it just me or is it harder to change a rear wheel with with the newer style Shimano shadow rear derailleur? Especially on older road bikes with slightly more horizontal dropouts.
I feel like i have to be a lot more careful getting the cage out of the way. Any advice? I feel like I'm going to snap it one of these days.
I usually put things in the big ring and little cog. Going to try dropping too the little ring up front next time to see if that helps.
I feel like i have to be a lot more careful getting the cage out of the way. Any advice? I feel like I'm going to snap it one of these days.
I usually put things in the big ring and little cog. Going to try dropping too the little ring up front next time to see if that helps.
07-14-20, 10:33 PM
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It's... different. Not necessarily harder, just feels different.
To remove:
- Little ring in front, little ring at the back.
- Loosen the quick release.
- Grab the end of the rear derailleur and pull back.
- Lift the bike by the seat and wheel automatically drops out.
To replace:
- Grab the end of the rear derailleur and pull back.
- Align chain with little ring.
- Gently put the bike back down and wheel automatically slots back in.
- Tighten quick release.
edit: Ok, I missed the comment about older style hangars that are more horizontal... but for modern ones it does feel a little different from the older (105, 6800, etc) models but not more difficult, just different.
To remove:
- Little ring in front, little ring at the back.
- Loosen the quick release.
- Grab the end of the rear derailleur and pull back.
- Lift the bike by the seat and wheel automatically drops out.
To replace:
- Grab the end of the rear derailleur and pull back.
- Align chain with little ring.
- Gently put the bike back down and wheel automatically slots back in.
- Tighten quick release.
edit: Ok, I missed the comment about older style hangars that are more horizontal... but for modern ones it does feel a little different from the older (105, 6800, etc) models but not more difficult, just different.
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07-15-20, 03:50 PM
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Every time I get a different style DR I think it's harder. By the time I get another DR the difficult one will seem like the simplest.
07-15-20, 03:58 PM
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Yeah, I ran into this with my new Canyon. It's got discs and a 105 groupset, and the things I've always done with the pre-2008 derailleurs I'm used to weren't working. The derailleur kept snapping back into place and kicking the wheel out. I finally figured out you have to pull the wheel a lot farther up than you do with the old ones.
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