Originally Posted by
russmcb
...b) "cable routing to the opposite side of the pinch bolt" (vipiuva's suggestion). Uh, I'm not sure what this means, but I just routed the cable normally so I don't think I did this is the problem.
Here's a
link to Sheldon Brown showing the standard cable routing and routing it on the opposite/alternate side.
And the cable does not have to have that big of a bend to affect shifting - just run on the "high" side of the pinch bolt