I went to Costco the other day and they happened to have bike with brifters with tourney front derailleur and Altus at the back. They seems quite fleemsy compare to my x7. The shifting seems to be quite different. I am not used to it. I guess I will stick with my x7 for now and get some weaker brakes. Not sure if my braking problem to due to this. I had the pull set to the bottom of the screw meaning short pull? I assume I should have set it to the top? Or it doesn't matters?

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