Thanks. I found this detail on the slowtwitch site earlier this morning and have got the FD quite well set now. The frayed ends I'm going to deal with till I go buy a new set of cables and redo everything.
The trick also was, with the FD cable off, after adjusting the L stop, I screwed in the H stop all the way. Then put the cable on, loosened the H stop to get the correct clearance and it's working fine now.
Originally Posted by
ls01
Here's what I do. Remove the cable from the derailleur. Adjust the low stop screw so the cage just contacts the chain. Yep , you want it to touch. Now put the cable on the derailleur pinch bolt, pull on the cable moderately hard while tightening. Once the pinch bolt is tightened. Back off the low stop screw, the spring tension will pull the derailleur away from the chain and take the slack out of the cable.