Originally Posted by
joejack951
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.
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.
You misread my post. SRAM stuff is the best IMO. I was saying that most shops don't see a lot of SRAM and aren't familiar with how to deal with it. Many folks try to treat it like Shimano or Campy, and that won't work. I am a devoted SRAM user, and it causes me no problems, but I have taken the trouble to learn how to adjust it. I said the shop didn't have the ability but meant they didn't know how.