How to install this front deraileur?
10-15-14, 02:01 AM
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How to install this front deraileur?
I got this front deraileur and cant get it working.. at first i tought i had it correctly installed but it doesnt pull the same way others do...
Here are some pictures
https://imageshack.us/user/morachis03
It says WIRE IN in the steel brazelet
Here are some pictures
https://imageshack.us/user/morachis03
It says WIRE IN in the steel brazelet
10-15-14, 02:17 AM
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I can't really see it to well. Is it possibly a top pull mechanism?
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1985 Sandy Gilchrist-Colin Laing built 531c Audax/fast tourer.
1964 Flying Scot Continental (531)
1995 Cinelli Supercorsa (Columbus SLX)
1980s Holdsworth Mistral fixed (531)
2005 Dahon Speed 6 (folder)
(YES I LIKE STEEL)
2008 Viking Saratoga tandem
2008 Micmo Sirocco Hybrid (aluminium!)
2012 BTwin Rockrider 8.1
10-15-14, 02:26 AM
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I got this front deraileur and cant get it working.. at first i tought i had it correctly installed but it doesnt pull the same way others do...
Here are some pictures
https://imageshack.us/user/morachis03
It says WIRE IN in the steel brazelet
Here are some pictures
https://imageshack.us/user/morachis03
It says WIRE IN in the steel brazelet
Some older FDER's pulled cable to get a smaller ring, opposite of modern ones.
SunTour was one brand I know of that did this.
10-15-14, 04:56 AM
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From the pic against the saddle and the one from the back with your fingers spread it appears that the parallelogram of the derailleur is rotated out, which means that the derailleur is set for the large chainwheel when the cable is not pulling on it. That is the way it's designed to work. Not a great design in my opinion, but for friction system it's adjusted basically the same way, except obviously the cable is clamped with the derailleur on the large chainwheel. Not designed for index shifting, certainly any lever with a trim function will take the derailleur in the opposite direction of that desired. Google high (or top) normal front derailleur for more info
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10-15-14, 05:47 AM
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It's a little hard to tell from the photos but I think that's one that needs a cable housing coming up from the bottom to work. You don't see very many bike frames that are designed for front derailleur cable housing. I suspect it would be easier and cheaper to find a different front derailleur.
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10-15-14, 06:07 AM
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Yes, the cable comes from the bottom but it's a high-normal derailleur.
10-15-14, 06:53 AM
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Flagellating an expired equine here, folks.
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