Timeline for Mountain bike crank hits derailleur cable
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| May 13, 2020 at 20:34 | comment | added | Kaz | Most people don't own the proper cutter for this type of steel wire (or any type of wire actually), to be able to do a clean cut that inserts nicely into the cap without "gnawing" on the cable and fraying it in the process. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 14:59 | comment | added | Milwrdfan | Assuming the OP purchased this bike from a bicycle shop that does this as their main focus (compared to a big box store that just has workers quick-assemble stuff without really knowing what they're doing beyond the printed instruction sheet), I'd question the quality of the work if the bike shop that did the assembly left this cable to hit the crank all the time. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 13:11 | comment | added | Chris H | Somewhere in between these 2 opinions: when I collected my bike, after test riding it, I borrowed the mechanic's pliers to bend the cable tidily before I left the shop. It's a trivial adjustment and wouldn't be worth a special trip even in normal circumstances | |
| May 13, 2020 at 10:28 | comment | added | arne | @EarlGrey I agree with you in principle, but on a brand new bike... Also, if it was my bike, I'd fix it myself obviously, but a beginner probably doesn't have cable ends at home. | |
| May 13, 2020 at 8:15 | comment | added | EarlGrey | On one hand I agree with you, on the other hand I think the OP should understand there are many ways to do the "right" thing and should start feeling that the bike is his/her bike and that it can be touched/fixed/manipulated and that simple maintenance can and should be performed by the bicycle's owner. I say this especially because the issue noted here is not compromising safety (not in the short/medium term, at least, cable fraying would take quite some time...) | |
| May 13, 2020 at 7:11 | history | answered | arne | CC BY-SA 4.0 |