Timeline for Problems with cheap housings
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| Apr 8, 2019 at 11:03 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Mar 10, 2019 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1104532487785639937 | ||
| Mar 9, 2019 at 13:04 | comment | added | ojs | The problem with the brake cable theory is that brake cables and their housings are thicker than derailleur cables. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 12:42 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | It looks to me like you installed brake cables to operate the derailers. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 11:42 | comment | added | David Richerby | For next time, it's almost always more cost-effective to buy the bike you actually want, rather than buy a bike that's not right for you and modify it. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 11:32 | comment | added | Florin Oprea | @Criggie the adjuster's diameter is 7mm and the housing's is 5mm | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 10:10 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Weird- must have been a retro design because downtube shifters haven't been a thing for decades. Please try the calipers and report back your measurements here, I'll go measure my downtube bosses in the morning. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 10:06 | comment | added | Florin Oprea | @Criggie the bike is like 2 months old | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 10:05 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | I've never seen downtube mounts like that carrying brake cables, so it seems reasonable that the mounts are right-sized for gear cables which are definitely smaller than brake cables. I'm quite stumped for coming up with a possible cause. How old is the bike? | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 10:02 | history | edited | Criggie♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2019 at 10:01 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 8:35 | comment | added | Carel | Something is missing in the adjusters or you've got the wrong type of adjusters. | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 5:22 | comment | added | mattnz | Looks like barrel adjuster is too big for the end cap, possibly for brake lines? | |
| Mar 9, 2019 at 5:05 | history | asked | Florin Oprea | CC BY-SA 4.0 |