Old 02-08-10, 05:20 AM
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evan&sue
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Location: Queensland, Australia
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Bikes: Cannondale RT2, Avanti Flat Bar, Specialized Roubaix SL2 Expert Disc, Malvern Star Oppy, Trek 7.2 Disc, Scott MTB

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Thanks for your reply. Sorry for the delay. Let us try and explain. Yes, we agree that it should be a minor adjustment but, one would think this adjustment should not have to occur every second day after the 2000km mark. One would think an adjustment would last a little longer. The hanger was checked and realigned early in its lifetime. Can the alignment change over time from wear?

The theory here in Australia is that you should be able to get 8000kms from your chain and cassette which are the parameters we have been working within. Since your advice, we are trying to find a new cassette (more difficult than you can imagine) and new chain. We don't have any experience with cable ferrules, length or other to even know where to start looking. If you can give us any more detail here that would be appreciated. It is also quite possible that the cables we are using are inferior bearing in mind we get very little tandem gear in Australia.

Tandems are not very common here so often we are working on our own. Your advice is very helpful and very much appreciated. We are heading to Europe in July for 6 weeks on the tandem and would really like to resolve this issue before we go. We have replaced the derailleur cable when we got so frustrated with the changing that we had to do something. This definitely helped but again, only for a short period of time when we needed to constantly adjust the barrel again.

The cassette is an IRD 11-32 Shimano compatible, 10 speed, not available in Australia. We can get it from the USA but at a cost of $200 plus $75 for freight! Albeit a little expensive. We will be in New York in early March and are trying to locate a bike shop that will be able to provide the cassette for us. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Many thanks
Sue & Evan
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