Originally Posted by JumboRider
Ok, that is what I know. I have problems judging the ‘throw’ of the shift levers to solidly set my chain on chain-ring and cog. It seems that I constantly hear the chain chattering until I play with the shifter for a while. This seems to be bad form. I should be throwing the shifter in the perfect spot to move the chain fully from cog to cog and chain-ring to chain-ring. How do I mange to do this? Is it just time and feel? Is this a sign that my front and rear derailers are out of alignment?
What type of shifters do you have? Unless the front shifter is indexed, you have "trim" the front derailer as the chain angles change. Nothing big, just slight movements of the shifter in the correct direction. I'm now using an old-school friction downtube shifter for the front derailer on my road bike after a brifter self-destructed.
