front derailleur not shifting to small chainring [Solved]

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front derailleur not shifting to small chainring [Solved]

MR GERALD O RYAN New Member

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08-20-2020, 01:55 PM

It pays to pay attention. Never worked with top swing derailleur before. Turns out the derailleur body was hitting against an newly installed bottle cage and that physically prevented the derailleur from moving to small cahin ring. Sometimes you just need to look at things.

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front derailleur not shifting to small chainring - MR GERALD O RYAN - 08-19-2020, 02:39 PM

RE: front derailleur not shifting to small chainring - MR GERALD O RYAN - 08-20-2020, 01:55 PM

RE: front derailleur not shifting to small chainring - Jesper - 08-21-2020, 02:24 AM

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