Well, re-seating the axle in the dropouts did not cure the issue. So I must have misaligned something when I removed and reinstalled the wheel.
If I am in the smallest cog on the cassette, when I go to shift I have to push the lever twice.
That pattern repeats itself up through the first three cogs, then only once is necessary.
Suggestions?
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Current bikes: Unknown year Specialized (rigid F & R) Hardrock, '80's era Cannondale police bike; '03 Schwinn mongrel MTB; '03 Specialized Hard Rock (the wife's)
Gone away: '97 Diamondback Topanga SE, '97 Giant ATX 840 project bike; '01 Giant TCR1 SL; and a truckload of miscellaneous bikes used up by the kids and grand-kids
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