Relax. If it shifts and the chain doesn't rub ... Just Ride! Matt
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 6:10:30 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Ha! No worries about my self worth, Michael, though I appreciate your > ministerial wisdom! My self worth comes from God, I know it's there, and > there's naught I can do about it. Just droll Scottish humor. Grin. At the > moment the derailer is smarter than me. It won't be in the end, even if it > means I yank it off the bloody bike! Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 4:39:42 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: >> >> Deacon, you don't say so, but it sounds like you are working with BE >> friction shifters. The first thing is to take up any excess slack in the >> cable. Relax the derailler spring tension, pull the cable tight and then >> retighten the cable clamp. Stay calm and think of it like a game puzzle. >> >> In the mean time, stop putting yourself down. I've read many of your >> post and know that most of us can't do much of what you do. You are a >> beautiful person. >> >> Michael >> >> >> On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 5:58:53 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>> >>> I can’t seem to get my front derailer sorted properly. In it’s current >>> cable tension/screw settings it takes up 80% of the shift range in the big >>> ring, and goes to the middle at 90% pushed down and the granny at 100% >>> pushed down. I’d rather spread that out evenly but can’t get there and have >>> increased my drain bammage trying to follow the books. >>> >>> What magic answers do you all have in the derailers for dummies >>> category? Grin. >>> >>> With abandon, >>> Patrick >>> >>> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >>> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >>> >>> -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
