Tour bike drive train problem
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Tour bike drive train problem
Bike: 1984 Trek 520, just rebuilt with my hardrocks drive train, sram x-4 derailer, mountain triple up front (but no front derailer), 8 speed chain, quill stem friction shifter, I have not transferred my cassete yet, and have been running it on a 5 speed free wheel (untill i get my next paycheck), it shifts bad/can't find the sweet spot/buzz's. Is this because the 5 speed free wheel is different then the 8 speed cassete (that was part of my hard rock)********************????
Also: I possible could afford to take a link or so out of my chain, but ill ask for LBS for their opinion on that, and I need to learn more about fine tuning my derailer!
Also: I possible could afford to take a link or so out of my chain, but ill ask for LBS for their opinion on that, and I need to learn more about fine tuning my derailer!
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Last edited by MJH100; 07-01-09 at 06:55 PM. Reason: more info
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if you can't dial in a sweet spot, then maybe you have serious chainline issues. i can't thing of a reason why you can't adjust your friction shifting to get in a sweet spot. perhaps you need to adjust your b-screw?
https://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64
also, maybe your derailleur hanger is bent?
https://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=64
also, maybe your derailleur hanger is bent?
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I doubt it will help with your problem but you should shorten your cable housing a tad.
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Did you reset the limit screws on the rear derailler when you swapped it over? They would need adjusting regardless of whether or not you were still using an 8 speed cassette.
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Bike: 1984 Trek 520, just rebuilt with my hardrocks drive train, sram x-4 derailer, mountain triple up front (but no front derailer), 8 speed chain, quill stem friction shifter, I have not transferred my cassete yet, and have been running it on a 5 speed free wheel (untill i get my next paycheck), it shifts bad/can't find the sweet spot/buzz's. Is this because the 5 speed free wheel is different then the 8 speed cassete (that was part of my hard rock)********************????
Also: I possible could afford to take a link or so out of my chain, but ill ask for LBS for their opinion on that, and I need to learn more about fine tuning my derailer!
Also: I possible could afford to take a link or so out of my chain, but ill ask for LBS for their opinion on that, and I need to learn more about fine tuning my derailer!
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Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!