10-18-2013, 05:31 PM
Brought my new road bike online and had it delivered just yesterday. Came mostly assembled with just the front wheel to attach and handlebars to straighten out.
In the process of self bike fitting I noticed when just going up and down the road that the front derailleur was not set up correctly and the chain was rubbing when using the 2 biggest cassette rings. In finally getting this sorted, which was easier said than done, my friend who helped me noticed that the derailleur barrel adjuster didn't appear to change the cable tension in any way. Now at one point during my failed attempts to sort the gearing issue out I did turn it several times anti clockwise so don't know if this messed things up.
My question is whether it is likely that my barrel adjuster is faulty (don't know how they work so have no idea if this can be the case) of whether it is just a simply readjustment to get it doing its job again? If so how would I do this? I don't want to mess up my derailleur too much now that the gears are finally behaving.
A further question would be as to whether it will even matter too much at the moment if the barrel adjuster isn't working if the gears shift OK?
In case it makes a difference the bike is a Giant Defy 1. I know in a perfect world the seller would be responsible for sorting any problems out this soon after purchase but the thought, and initial cost, of shipping it back across country does not appeal.
In the process of self bike fitting I noticed when just going up and down the road that the front derailleur was not set up correctly and the chain was rubbing when using the 2 biggest cassette rings. In finally getting this sorted, which was easier said than done, my friend who helped me noticed that the derailleur barrel adjuster didn't appear to change the cable tension in any way. Now at one point during my failed attempts to sort the gearing issue out I did turn it several times anti clockwise so don't know if this messed things up.
My question is whether it is likely that my barrel adjuster is faulty (don't know how they work so have no idea if this can be the case) of whether it is just a simply readjustment to get it doing its job again? If so how would I do this? I don't want to mess up my derailleur too much now that the gears are finally behaving.
A further question would be as to whether it will even matter too much at the moment if the barrel adjuster isn't working if the gears shift OK?
In case it makes a difference the bike is a Giant Defy 1. I know in a perfect world the seller would be responsible for sorting any problems out this soon after purchase but the thought, and initial cost, of shipping it back across country does not appeal.