Originally Posted by
Dominae
Im not sure where you're coming from with this. I wasn't rejecting your analysis, just asking for clarification so I could better understand it. In your earlier response, you said that a twisted derailleur could cause the bike to shift differently in the small vs. large chain ring. I never questioned that. If you carefully read my response, I said that it was my assumption that a bent derailleur hanger (not twisted derailleur) would cause it to shift the same in both chain rings. If you meant your analysis applied to a bent hanger as well, you should have said so. Don't worry, I won't dare question your supreme knowledge again on this forum. This is not the first time you've gone after other posters with the "don't ask for advice if you're going to dismiss it" line. I don't give a crap how long you've been in the business--it doesn't give you the right to speak to people as if they were a child.
It was not just my advice, but FBinNY's as well that chain length was not the cause and that twisting likely was, and apparently you missed this part of my post:
"However, if the pulley assembly/derailleur
or the hanger is misaligned in the other plane (twisted) the top pulley position will change significantly."
I acknowledge I came across heavy handed, and I apologize. Probably did not help that I just left a thread where the poster rejected all but the responses that massaged his totally unrealistic expectations as hostile or useless, but I consider expecting someone to acknowledge the responsibility inherent in asking for help as well as for giving it to be an adult concept. I don't expect anyone to slavishly follow my advice or diagnosis - or anyone's.