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citizen142
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Pal has given me a boxed mountain bike to put together. No real
problems until it came to getting the front triple changer to work.
They are indexed handlebar mounted twist changers. How the hell do you
adjust them? Ok position 1 and 3 to some extent by adjusting the stops
on the front changer but position two? The solution I arrived at was
to put the twist grip into 2 position with the cage at centre of the
middle ring by wedging something against the frame and cage so it
could not move and then drawing the cable tight with a pair of pliers
and tightening the 9 mm cable bolt. This worked of a fashion - but
because the rear block is a 7 indexed it does not work when in top or
bottom cogs! On a friction lever operated system one merely adjusts
for this with the lever but how the hell do you do this on index? Can
it ever work properly?
problems until it came to getting the front triple changer to work.
They are indexed handlebar mounted twist changers. How the hell do you
adjust them? Ok position 1 and 3 to some extent by adjusting the stops
on the front changer but position two? The solution I arrived at was
to put the twist grip into 2 position with the cage at centre of the
middle ring by wedging something against the frame and cage so it
could not move and then drawing the cable tight with a pair of pliers
and tightening the 9 mm cable bolt. This worked of a fashion - but
because the rear block is a 7 indexed it does not work when in top or
bottom cogs! On a friction lever operated system one merely adjusts
for this with the lever but how the hell do you do this on index? Can
it ever work properly?