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06-15-08 | 09:19 PM

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Rabid Koala

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Originally Posted by familyguy

I dont know of any older friction-based FD's that suit the brifter cable pulls. I had the same problem with a (somewhat lower spec) RX100 FD and a Sora brifter.

Read all about that here.

I suspect this may be the same thing in your case. The modern brifters just dont pull enough cable.

Jim

Thanks for the link. It sounds like my problem-I must need a newer FD style.

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