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Crank arm rubs on front Deralier
I have a Giant Talon MTB.
I find when I select the largest chain ring at the front, the crank arm rubs on the derailleur.
I've managed to dial it out by using the barrel adjuster.
Now when the middle ...
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What size front derailleur do I need for a 11/32 cassette and medium rear derailleur?
Upgraded 11/32 cassette. looking for replacement front derailleur
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Can any front shifter be used for 3 x 9?
I want to buy a new front shifter for my 3x9 speed MTB. The XTR M970 shifter is rare and expensive. Can I just use the front shifter from a 2/3 x 10 system? e.g. Shimano XTR M980 ? Are Shimano front ...
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My ultegra front 3x derailleur adjustment screws are seized and the shift is unreliable into the small cog. Can I replace it with something similar?
I need to replace my 15-year old Ultegra triple front derailleur. I can't find the same model for sale online. What alternative options can I try please?
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Is an Ultegra front derailleur compatible with Sora shifters?
I have a old trek road bike with 2X9 setup. I need to change the front derailleur. Can I use a Ultegra fd-r8000?
My shifters is Shimano Sora.
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Front derailleur cable touching frame?
Installing gears on my bike on my own for the first time.
I pulled the front derailleur gear cable through an intended hole in the frame like so:
So everything should be fine. However, looking under ...
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SRAM Yaw Front Derailleurs
Can anybody help me with any tips on fine-tuning the adjustments on this derailleur (Force 22)? The positioning as far as I can tell is good, I can stick a penny between the teeth of the big ring and ...
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Standard to compact swap
I am looking to swap from a Shimano 105 standard 53-39 crankset to a 50-34 compact crankset.
My question is: will I need to adjust the height of the derailleur when changing to the new crankset?
And ...
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Can I use a 3x10 or 2x11 front derailleur on a 3x11 drivetrain?
I recently started changing the drivetrain on my Trail 6 (2020) and I wanted to jump to 3x11 from the 2x9 mixed Altus/Alivio it came as stock. My mistake was not paying attention to the type of pull ...
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Can a 9x3 front derailleur fit on a 7x3 configuration?
I own a budget MTB (Decathlon Rockrider ST 100), with 3x7 speed and I want to upgrade the cheap derailleurs to something more reliable (Such as Shimano Deore).
I already changed the brakes and ...
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Front derailleur wont shift to small gear
I have removed the cable and loosened the range adjustment screws to take them out of the picture.
Spring on front derailleur now pushes the cage all way to left. Looks correct so chain should move to ...
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Shifter isn't working, cable doesn't react
When I pull the shifter for my front dérailleur the cable doesn't react. Even with tension on the cable.
Now I made the cable loose. Also my barrel adjuster is disconnected, maybe the problem is ...
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Shifter labeled low to high
On my bike, on the left shifter, It is labeled low to high and has lots of dots between them.
I don't know how to shift to one individual gear on the front derailleur. It seems that If I shift it ...
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Replacement for an old FD-M760 front derailleur
I've got a bent FD-M760 front derailleur. I'm wondering what the best replacement would be?
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Trimming Shimano FD-R3000 front derailleur
My front derailleur is a Shimano FD-R3000. I have been trying to adjust it following the ParkTool video at
Basically it seems to be working OK now: the chain is not ...
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Help replacing front derailleur
Evening, total newb question maybe but it’s driving me mad.
I have a Carrera Vulcan 2015 model which I bought second hand to aid my physiotherapy. From what I can work out by the spec sheet the ...
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Can I use a narrowide chainring on a double rings crankset?
I would like to go touring using my narrowide chainring, but I would like as well to put a smaller chainring (the infamous Grannie) so that I could have it as a last resort in case of really hard ...
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use with SHIMANO 105 FD-5504 Front Derailleur on crankset 26/36/48t [closed]
Can I use a SHIMANO 105 FD-5504 Front Derailleur with Crankset 26/36/48t?
My Cogset Shimano HG-50, 11– 32t
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Front Deraillleur Barrel Adjustment
I'm working on adjusting my front derailleur; Shimano 105 group set 5700 series. On reading on the net and also watching a couple of online youtube videos there is comments about the barrel ...
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Front derailleur cable tension too high with Acera shifter and Ultegra derailleur
I'm trying to install some Acera trigger shifters to use with my Ultegra derailleurs. The rear derailluer/shifter combo (8 speed) is working great. The front however (3 chain rings) seems to have a ...
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Front derailleur has too much resistance
I got a mountain bike on the cheap because of this repair. I'm not experienced with bike repair but hoped I could figure it out.
The front derailleur, a Shimano STX, isn't shifting and it appears to ...
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Cable tension for Shimano 105 front derailleur is very tight
I just got a Merida Scultura 400.
On the biggest chainring, there's rubbing on the outside of the front derailleur cage. The only way that I can lower this is by tightening the cable by a lot. Is this ...
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SRAM Force 22 chainset in an otherwise 10-speed SRAM setup
I notice that SRAM web site still lists "regular" 10-speed Force chainset as one of their products. However, my attempts to find it for sale online came up with almost nothing. It seems to be "barely" ...
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Bent front-derailleur
I biked to school today with my bike in perfect condition. Locked it up and went to class. When I went to my bike a couple hours later, the derailleur was bent out of position. My bike's front gear ...
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Stuck and stiff sora front derailleur
I have a used 2011 trek 1.2 compact road bike with a stiff Sora FD-3400 double front derailleur.
Shifter seems very stiff, and when I shift above the second index (trim or third) by accident it gets ...
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chain getting stuck between chainrings
I have an old Cannondale road bike with Suntour shifters.
When I shift from the front middle ring to the small inner-most ring, the chain falls into the gap and binds tightly between the two rings. ...
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Front derailleur adjustment
I need some advice on properly adjusting the front derailleur (shimano -tourney) of my bike.
I did watch youtube videos and stuff on the internet but was not able to adjust it properly.
When I ...
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Looking for a narrow-cage 16T capacity FD
I'm putting a 46x30 chainring with a pretty narrow tread on a frame. On the advice of my LBS I got a Sun XCD double FD, but I'm starting to think it's not right for this application. When I have the ...
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how to adjust the derailer - apart from the L/H limiting screws
Pardon my newb terminology. My bike's chain will not stay on the H gear (the big ring) The front derailleur will not allow it.
I have loosened the limiter screw out to it's maximum and, still, no ...
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Adjusting a triple front derailleur after removing largest chainring
I have a touring/commuting bike with full Shimano 105 -- triple in the front.
I just removed the outer (largest) chainring and replaced it with a chain guard.
It's easy enough to crank on the limit ...
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What are my options for replacing/upgrading my MTB front mech?
I recently damaged my front mech, a Shimano Acera, top swing, bottom pull, triple chainring. The rear cassette is 8-speed. So I need to replace this front mech.
The original Shimano Acera is probably ...
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Shimano Front derailleur
I am rebuilding a Trek 2005 model 6500 and my spec. sheet for the bike says it has a Shimano Alivio front derailleur. Where do I find the model no. that should be stamped on the part? I don't see it ...
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Sora front derailleur set up
I'm trying to get my front derailleur to stop rubbing in the high gears, smallest sprockets. To do this I am attempting to follow this guide by shimano:
http://bike.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/...
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Front Derailleur Not Working
I recently bought a new bike off of BikesDirect.
http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/wellington2_IX.htm
However, no matter what I do, I can't seem to get the front derailleur to do anything. ...
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ideal dérailleur height for a Deore on non-round/oval Cranksets (e.g. a Biopace)?
Reading on every site about front dérailleur adjustment, the distance from the bottom of the outer dérailleur plate to the bigger crank cog should be "one penny".
Mine is around 1cm! it does shift ...
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Putting a front Derailleur on a carbon frame
Do you put anything under the clamp on the carbon to protect it? In the past I've tightened brakes on MTB handle bars to much and wrecked them so I'm wondering.
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