Originally Posted by
Steve B.
"Shifting when on the larger chain ring was always iffy".
That kind of says a potential component mis-match, but a shop might know better. I doubt the gazillion Fuji Cross bikes out there would have that kind of obvious issue. Shimano makes a 46/36, it's a cross racing crank, but it's an Ultegra 6800 series and runs north of $170 or so. Not an economical solution maybe. Do some research here as well for 46/30 cranks, that's a really nice range. Only nice thing about the Ultegra is, and according to the Shimano compatibility chart, it's designed to work with 5800 series components, so an almost guaranteed solution, if it's the current crank that's the problem.
It gets worse potentially, the Performance mess, as Bicycle Retailer notes that the parent company of Performance - Advanced Sports Enterprises, will be selling the Fuji, Breezer and Kestrel brands. Might affect warranty, but who knows.
I read that ASE purchased Performance a few years back to keep a retail outlet for all of their Fuji, Breezer etc brands. Admittedly Fuji support is very responsive via email, it's just a shame I can't bring these bike's into a LBS for support any longer. I think I just got "lucky" and bought these bikes just a month or so before the announced their chapter 11 and decided to close all stores in Florida. Hooray! :|
I will still play with the tension a little and see how far it takes me. As it stands it's not unridable but it is a bummer that new bikes need so much TLC at the moment. I get the idea of needing to get a 1000 mile tune up etc, and I would be at the shop today if they honored their support but again, crap luck on that one I guess. It has been fun to research all of this since my ultimate goal was to get into the mechanical side of road bikes but I didn't expect to have to work on these two bikes so soon lol.
Thanks all!