Originally Posted by
tonyfourdogs
Maybe you're running up against the pull ratio difference between top-pull and bottom-pull derailleurs? Fortunately you can pick up a bottom pull cheaply enough if that's the case. My guess is that if no amount of cable adjustment will make it work for you, the same will likely be true for your LBS.
Let us know if/ when you get it sorted though - good luck!
Had a friend who has been around bikes for a while and does all his own work help me out with the derailleur. It’s dialed in as good as it will get. The chain rubs when in biggest chainring/smallest cog - so the hardest gearing. Not that big of a deal but I may eventually just get the road derailleur that matches the shifters.
Bigger issue is the brakes - the Tektro R559 just don’t have any room for adjustment and the braking power is pitiful. So my next step is to see if Tektro 984 brakes will work... they are technically BMX brakes, but short pull and they have the proper reach I need. If they don’t work they go back to the store and I try mini v brakes (probably Tektro 926). Last resort after all that will be problem solver travel agents as they actually end up being the most expensive option. Beauty of Amazon prime is returns are easy!