ya think ......

Yeah, if you cannot manage basic bike maintenance ......

Here is where I am with this "LarrySellerz" phenomenon: He is a really creative comic troll, playing a part for amusement and attention. I am not sure about my memory, but isn't he the shirtless single-speed rider with a broken neck who keeps up with fast pelotons and who dumpster-dives? He apparently lives with his dad and gets good deals at the bike shop because his dad buys big bikes there .... but he also cannot go to the bike shop? he is a mechanical engineer who designs and builds machinery who cannot repair or even maintain the simplest machinery?

Am I getting all this right? I am too lazy to go through all his posts to write his resume for him.

It just seems that al this is too good to be true .... so he must be having a bit of fun with us.

If so ... well played sir. Quite well played.

Otherwise ..... Everything you want to know is on the internet. Everything about cross-chaining, about bike maintenance, about troubleshooting specific systems. If you are really a scientist or an engineer, or even a high-school graduate, you know how to do basic research. You know how to watch YouTube videos, and if you watch enough and practice enough, you will know how to do bike maintenance and repair----it is only slightly more complex than closing velcro sneakers and less complicated than actually tying your shoes.

I have faith in you, Mr. LarrySellerz .....

Say ... why don't you do a couple more dumpster-dives and get a couple more beat bikes and swap a working derailleur from one of them.

I spent a couple years riding dumpster bikes before moving up to yard-sale bikes maintained with dumpster parts before being able to afford to buy new bikes. I know what I am talking about here. Grab up three or four trash bikes and you are certain to get at least one with a working front derailleur. You might need to do some fudging with the mounting clamp .... but you are an engineering technician. You can do it. I am just an idiot, and I have modified dozens of parts with hand tools and ingenuity (and luck and persistence.)

You Can Do It.

Ah, Mr. LarrySellerz .... you are an enigma. I am glad you post here.