Originally Posted by
island rider
I don't know how, my builder doesn't know how, and the Sram neutral support guy who last worked on it apparently doesn't know how either. This thing works for 50-70 miles at a clip and then all hell breaks loose.
I'm liking the set-up issues idea. If everyone who has gone at this thing with a screwdriver ends up in the same place I have to start thinking there might be another solution. Which is why I asked.
before you swear off the company, try starting from scratch with directions straight from SRAM's video.
the reason i say don't trust your bike shop is because they aren't necessarily magicians. they're just guys.
i had a similar problem with my Rival FD. over a year of problems, multiple trips to the bike shop, spent money having them "fix it." ultimately they told me "that's the way SRAM is, it will rub"
then i watched the SRAM videos, and they said the FD was designed to
never rub.
i set it up myself, with zero training, according to SRAM's directions.
never rubbed or dropped a chain again, in any gear.
since then i've set up 2 bikes with Rival, 2 bikes with Force, and done my Red FD twice. never a rub, never a drop.