Yup. This is what i was thinking. It always seemed like i had it fine on the stand and once i started riding and shifting i was back to having to play with the adjuster on the down tube or try and tweak the lever a bit.
It was not like the shimano indexing on my touring bike-once it was set up it was just a snick into each and every gear. I remember now thinking that i should convert the gearing to a shimano system - I should look through my boxes, i may have bought some...