Old 04-20-20 | 06:56 PM
  #104  
cyccommute's Avatar
cyccommute
Mad bike riding scientist
Titanium Club Membership
20 Anniversary
Community Builder
Community Influencer
 
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 29,111
Likes: 6,141
From: Denver, CO

Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones

Originally Posted by JayKay3000
Got my FD adjusted to perfection in less than 20 minutes. Some people just have the skillz.
That’s about 18 minutes too long unless you are doing a new install. Then it’s about 10 minutes too long.

Just sayin’

Edit: Just to be clear, not all front derailers are equal. Shimano’s more expensive offerings are less forgiving in their setup. An Ultrega derailer is a wonder of channels and sculpting and guides to help in the shifting. Unfortunately all that metal work gets in the way and rubs in more gears that occurs in their lower priced front derailers. A Tiagra, Sora or Claris front derailer has fewer bells and whistles and they are better for it. They accommodate a wider range of gear combinations with less rubbing. The same applies to their mountain bikes. Deore and lower is generally better than anything higher.

Additionally, the position of the clamp can make a large difference in performance as well. For Shimano, a top swing clamp is far superior to a bottom swing.

All that’s goes out the window for SRAM...at least for mountain bike front derailers. Not a one of their front derailers is bad from top to bottom.
__________________
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!






Last edited by cyccommute; 04-20-20 at 07:08 PM.
cyccommute is offline  
Reply