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Old 07-11-09, 09:15 AM
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Front Derailleur question

DA 7800 Front Derailleur. Installed new cable and wire. Now up shifting is very heavy; downshifting takes a lot of force to overcome the first trimming click (which then sends chain down to the 39 ring).

Other facts to consider: 1) once in position the cage rides very quietly; and 2) the vertical position of the FD relative to the 53 ring has not changed.


Thoughts oh great well spring of BF knowledge.

And I should note that I have now become my father (Mech. Eng.), who would take a perfectly good car on Friday, mess it up on Saturday, fix it on Sunday and repeat it the next weekend with the other car. As I kid, I did not understand this.
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