Originally Posted by cyclezealot
I have a Fuji touring bike ( 2001) with Shimano Tiagra handlebar shifters. With Cantiliver style brakes. No where on the cable run are there to be found barrel shifters. Is this normal. Last time I changed out my cables the mechanic said it's a pain to add them now and was not sure where to place them, as I recall his reply. Why would the manufactuer do this. The best place to add a barrel adjuster is at the handlebar shifter? Maybe it's because it's Tiagra. ? Next time I change out my cables is the time to add adjusters? Or next time I add new handlebar shifters.
A manufacturer would do this because of being cheap and incompetent.
A respectable dealer would not sell a bike in that condition. We have a few models that have this defect, but we always install in-line adjusters when this sort of bogus specing occurs on one of the models we sell. There's no excuse for this.
Sheldon "Brake Adjusters Are Not An Optional Accessory" Brown