Message from discussion New front chain rings - not able to use small one

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From: Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com>
Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling
Subject: Re: New front chain rings - not able to use small one
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:35:18 -0000
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In article <5t768fF1ckjb...@mid.individual.net>, Peter Scandrett 
prgs-use...@scandrett.net says...
> I asked them what they'd done. They'd adjusted the end stops (again, 
> since that's what I'd been working with) but also bent the shifter thing 
> in a bit, as had crossed my mind originally :-) It's reassuring to know 
> that I was going along the right lines, anyway. It all seems to work OK now.

Did they bend it or just rotate it around the frame tube?  If they bent 
it they're nasty cowboys (unless they were just correcting existing 
damage).  The chainset needs to be properly aligned for good chain line, 
not just to get the front changer working.

> The guy in the shop said that sometimes these things work on the jig but 
> not out on the road
> 
They should have road tested it anyway - there's no way you can tell if 
brakes or gears will work under load without trying them.