Hey guys, hope someone can help me. I live in the UK and have a Boardman Team road bike with Shimano 105 shifters. Unfortunately I bought the bike on eBay and thought it was okay until I was unable to sort out the up and downshift for the front compact chainset. It's too late to send it back as Ive put up with it for a while as I live in a hilly area and leaving it on the smallest ring is okay, but its starting to bug me now as Im going further afield. What happens is I get the front derailluer setup and it shifts up and down as it should, but each time I shift it gets harder to push the shifter lever across and the front derialluer moves a little less each time until it doesnt move at all. The front derialluer is brand new and moves easily so its not that. I installed a brand new cable so its not that and so I can only think its a dud shifter unless anyone has any other ideas? If it is the shifter, is this a known problem and can I fix it or shall I bite the proverbial and buy a new one?
Rob