Originally Posted by
cny-bikeman
It's difficult to either lubricate the cable or judge whether there's excess friction without unshipping the housing end from the stop or detaching the cable end so that you can check the upper run of cable by pulling it through from the lever end. You can then lube the cable with oil (not grease) as you feed it back in. If the derailleur is clean and lubed the cable or shifter would be the only things that would cause the derailleur to stop too soon when shifting inward.
I'm not sure how to remove the cable from the brifters. Will youtube and try now
Originally Posted by
CACycling
OP, did you try this? if so, did the FD still stick?
Not sure what he meant by plucking the cable, but I did tug on it. When shifted to the middle chainring from inner, if I tug the cable, the FD moves out. However, the problem is, if I push the FD, it goes back in. The opposite is true from largest to middle, after a downshift, the FD will not move if tugged, but if you press on it, it will move inwards. Then you can tug it and it will move back out. Hope that makes sense.