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Old 03-23-16 | 12:39 PM
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FBinNY
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

I think there should be a special place in bicycle hell reserved for those who design and build (commercially) bicyces without an FD cable adjuster of some kind.

I know that FD cable adjustment is less critical, and by now any decent mechanic can nail it pretty damm close when cinching the cable. But PDC isn't spot on, besides which cable stretch (or settle -- let's not go there), and it's still faster and easiery to cinch a cable reasonably close and fine tune by adjuster, than to nail it 1st time out of the box.

To the OP, there are a number of inline adjusters on the market. Buy a pair and use one, then share the other with a similarly afflicted friend.
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