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Old 07-22-21, 05:35 PM
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Weird Front Mech - Help!

I'm rebuilding a Bianchi Sika which has a strange LX front derailleur. Instead of the usual hex bolt clamp for the cable, it has a machined and recessed round thingy that looks like it will take the end of the cable housing. Anyone have experience with this?
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Old 07-22-21, 05:45 PM
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Can you post pictures? I've never seen one that doesn't have a bolt-type clamp of some sort.
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Old 07-22-21, 05:53 PM
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Looks like top pull cable routing if that helps....
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Likely a bottom pull FD set up for top pull. My 1990 Trek 970 has that. Cable runs from the top and the, housing goes into the derailleur arm and inner cable continues to anchor under a bolt below. Inner cable stays stationary and the housing moves the arm.
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Old 07-22-21, 08:33 PM
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Note that in this setup, the cable housing needs to have enough of a curve to allow the housing to move downward when the shifter is activated.
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Originally Posted by dedhed

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Thanks much for posting this picture. I work on a lot of bikes as a volunteer at my local co-op and see a lot of new-to-me things. I now will know how to manage one of these when one comes my way.
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Yes, many thanks, that is the exact setup which I'm puzzling over.
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Thanks, new to me as well.
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So is it correct that the cable end is held fast to the frame and the housing moves to change the DR position?

That's a new one for me too!
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After many decades of working on bikes this is the first time seeing this for me too. Thanks!
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Seen this only a few times. But those of us who have worked on Simples sliding ft ders know well the nature of a cable stop moving type of design. The longer one does the old bike servicing the more simple logic helps Andy
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Originally Posted by VtwinVince
Yes, many thanks, that is the exact setup which I'm puzzling over.
That was one way to do top pull cables before derailers were designed for top pull. Another way was to run the cable from a stop, down around a pulley, and back up to the derailer. Keeps the front cable out of the gunk that bottom routed cables can encounter.

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