mpemburn

Cxwrench,

Thanks for your reply. I have the bike in my repair stand.

I’ve worked with several derailleurs over the course of my cycling career, and this one is different. When the wheel is removed, the cage pulls up tight against the body with considerable spring tension holding it there. Whereas the usual procedure is to put the small cog on the chain and pull back until the axle is seated in the dropouts, this one required me to grab the cage by hand and pull it back far enough to get cog on the chain. It was not easy to keep everything in alignment and I got my finger caught in the works before I got it right.

My hope is that someone who works with these new derailleurs regularly has a technique that makes this operation relatively painless.

Mark