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Rob Morley  
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 More options 22 Dec 2007, 02:03
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling
From: Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:03:14 -0000
Local: Sat 22 Dec 2007 02:03
Subject: Re: New front chain rings - not able to use small one
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In article <5t20foF16fn5...@mid.individual.net>, Peter Scandrett
prgs-use...@scandrett.net says...
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> To cut a long story short, I discovered that the front gear wouldn't
> shift onto the smallest cog.

> So - can I have some advice please? Do I need to bend the gear arm thing
> so that it will push the chain onto the smallest cog (I was reluctant to
> do this on the ride and still would rather not)? Have the rings been put
> on the bottom bracket(?) too close to the frame so it can't shift to the
> small one? What else might have changed that I can fix (and how)?

It's most likely that the shop has fitted a chainset that needs a longer
bottom bracket axle, but they've used the axle that was already there or
whatever they had handy.  If that's the case it's never going to work
properly - take it back and get them to fix it, then find a decent shop
to use in future.

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