Hi Cat, Sorry to hear about your frustrations. The last time this happened to me, I futzed with it for too long before giving up and replacing the cassette, chain rings, and chain all together. That solved it. Just for the record: you have replaced the cracked rim, yes?
As for 1x, in my opinion you should keep the front derailer. Maybe just don't shift the front for a while (until you're satisfied that everything is working properly at the back). -Wes On Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7:04:57 PM UTC-7 Catherina Gioino wrote: > Hi RBW group! > > My name’s Cat and I posted a few months ago about an earlier iteration of > the same problem I’m still having: my Roadini has had trouble shifting both > front and rear since I first acquired it over a year ago. I purchased it > from the original owner, who had built it up with nice Campy components-- > some > pictures of the initial setup and the current configuration are below. > > It’s set up 2x8, and at first, the front would barely shift to the small > ring at all (often not at all), and the chain would pretty frequently jump > off if I even lightly overshifted. Then, the rear wheel (Velocity A23) > developed a series of large cracks on the rim. > > My partner and his dad (who both have Rivs and got me into this mess, > haha) tried to fix the problems by first adjusting the limit screws, and > when that only made things worse and we discovered the cracked rim, we put > on a Shimano cassette, replaced the wheelset with a Shimano-compatible set > of A23s, and replaced the chain, on the theory that the original chain was > too narrow for the original Campy cassette, letting it slip between the > rings. This marginally helped, but still didn’t solve the issues, so then I > had my local bike shop put in a wider bottom bracket, because they noticed > that the front crank was essentially scraping the front derailleur and > couldn’t be adjusted any further— they suggested the bottom bracket > replacement. > > This didn’t work because on my first real ride post the fixes, (on the OCA > coming back from the Tappan Zee for that guy on a Homer who waved!) the > front derailleur cage snapped. I was able to ride home, but now I need to > at minimum replace my front derailleur, and while I’m at it, would like to > fix the larger problems— the rear and front shifting. I love my bike, and > tend to ride through issues, but it would be great to be able to shift > properly. I’m wondering: > > 1) If anyone has any general or specific advice given what I’ve detailed, > or any questions that might help diagnose the problem > > 2) If anyone in New York would be willing to come take a look at it and > try to help figure out the problem— it could be a fun project, and I’m > happy to provide refreshments :) > > 3) If I do need to switch the entire drivetrain, should I move to a 1x so > I don’t run into more front derailleur problems? I tend to ride mostly in > my higher gears anyway, so I could just move to a 1x with a wider-range > cassette and stick with my 44 in front. I know 1x can come with its own > issues, but this might be easier > > 4) I’m Italian, and so I have a slight but unavoidable aesthetic > preference for sticking with Campy parts; does anyone have thoughts about > how I might do this, or should I give up and switch to more standard > Shimano or SRAM, which won’t look as nice but might function better > > Thanks so much for reading and for any help or advice! I’m kind of at a > loss, and would love to ride my beloved Leo without worrying about whether > my front derailleur will blow up again. > > Cat > > [image: IMG_1018.jpg][image: 715737051.jpg] > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ab19e8d4-917e-4927-8d8d-a58c60801c5bn%40googlegroups.com.
