Originally Posted by kritter

"May I ask, why are you tuning her bike EVERY ride? Am I not doing something I should? Granted, my bike has not a problem shifting yet, but, is there a base for how often it is to be tuned?"

It starts to skip, auto shift, not index correctly , etc... I dont know why. I have never had a problem tuning any deraillers. It works great on the stand and around the block when I test ride it after I tune, but then we hit the trails and BAM...shes whining about it doing everything it should not be doing so I ride next to her to make sure shes not just whining because the trail sucks and low and behold...she has reason to complain. On a side note she shifts like an animal at all the wrong times so that may have a lot of reason why it gets beat up so fast.

I am going to purchase the park derailler hanger tool and check to see if hers is out of whack as I have no clue why it is so easy to knock out of tune...

I rode a Coiler tonite and last nite that was loaned to me from the LBS owner while my bike is being fixed and it has low level components on it and the rear der is an LX and shifted great but the front was a deore and it was figgity...but the bike is loaned out often and I am not sure how often it is tuned.