Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Yaw derailleurs are different beasts. SRAM equipment is in the minority. It may not be lack of effort, just lack of ability.
Are you making excuses for SRAM or something? Their whole marketing push for those yaw derailleurs is that they don't require trim. Is their equipment that bad that something they emphasize as the main selling feature that 'changes everything' (
https://www.sram.com/sram/road/produ...ont-derailleur) doesn't work? I don't get it.
Lest you think I'm ragging on SRAM, I'm not. I just can't understand why you think it's acceptable for this guy's front derailleur to not work properly.
Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Bicycles are a lot like British sports cars used to be in the mid-20th century. If you wanted to drive one on Sunday, you had to have been prepared to work on it from Monday through Saturday. Having zero interest in keeping up your own bike is a recipe for disappointment.
Maybe I'm just spoiled by Shimano but I need to devote the equivalent of about one day of work per year (summing all of my work) to keeping my bike functioning flawlessly, and that assumes I'm riding that bike 100+ miles/week. No big name's equipment used by pros should be that bad that it needs constant attention. Shop B simply sucks as far as I'm concerned. The alternative is that SRAM shouldn't be in the bike business.
Again, I can't disagree that having zero interest in maintaining a bike isn't a great strategy but that's still no excuse for the situation the OP is in.