Front derailleur adjustment after chainring size change?

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12-10-15, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rmfnla

I'm glad I'm not your mechanic...

His mechanic must be rolling in dough, with the fees from all those adjustments.

12-10-15, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker

What do you mean by cross chaining? Not right down the middle? That is unimportant. Only extreme cross chaining from large to large or small to small should be a concern. I think you just spent a bunch of loot to no purpose.

And even then, it's mostly a noise issue more than anything. I wouldn't recommend doing a whole ride like that but I've gone fully cross-chained without concern using a triple crank which is worse than you can possibly do with a double.