XTR Derailleur on Road Bike

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5 total messages Started by patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:18

#19

Author: patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:18

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I've just got hold of a Shimano XTR rear derailleur for my Road Bike.
I'm a bit unhappy yhat the literature doesn't say ther is no adjusting
barrel on these models.  Has anyone an idea of how best to provide
cable adjustment?

Bob C
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Re: XTR Derailleur on Road Bike

#20

Author: Davo
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:04

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patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau wrote:
> I've just got hold of a Shimano XTR rear derailleur for my Road Bike.
> I'm a bit unhappy yhat the literature doesn't say ther is no adjusting
> barrel on these models.  Has anyone an idea of how best to provide
> cable adjustment?
> 
> Bob C
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On mountain bikes there is normally an adjustment barrel near the gear 
change lever.

Re: XTR Derailleur on Road Bike

#21

Author: Alan Braggins
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:44

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In article <vqlte49f15irapkchn992j4744jm41d8rl@4ax.com>, patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau wrote:
>I've just got hold of a Shimano XTR rear derailleur for my Road Bike.
>I'm a bit unhappy yhat the literature doesn't say ther is no adjusting
>barrel on these models.  Has anyone an idea of how best to provide
>cable adjustment?

With STI brake/gear levers, there's an adjuster at the cable stop on
the downtube. With downtube shifters, I'm not sure what you would do.
Possibly you could change the cable stop on the chainstay to take an
adjuster, possibly you could fit an inline adjuster on the loop to
the derailleur, but I suspect you might want to tap the derailleur to 
take an adjuster if possible. Or buy a different derailleur.

Re: XTR Derailleur on Road Bike

#22

Author: Pete Biggs
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:42

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patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau wrote:
> I've just got hold of a Shimano XTR rear derailleur for my Road Bike.
> I'm a bit unhappy yhat the literature doesn't say ther is no adjusting
> barrel on these models.  Has anyone an idea of how best to provide
> cable adjustment?

If you have an adjuster at the front of the bike, that will do.  Screw it in
clockwise all the way before attaching the cable.

Otherwise you could fit an inline adjuster anywhere in cable, or get a
different derailleur.

 www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&q=inline%20cable%20adjuster

~PB

Re: XTR Derailleur on Road Bike

#23

Author: Alan Braggins
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:34

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In article <6l8pucFba7cbU1@mid.individual.net>, Pete Biggs wrote:
>patnbobatunwireddotcomdotau wrote:
>> I've just got hold of a Shimano XTR rear derailleur for my Road Bike.
>> I'm a bit unhappy yhat the literature doesn't say ther is no adjusting
>> barrel on these models.
[...]
>Otherwise you could fit an inline adjuster anywhere in cable, or get a
>different derailleur.

Inline adjuster will fit anywhere in _outer_ cable. With downtube shifters,
that might be only the final loop from the chainstay to the derailleur,
which might interfere with having that smoothly curved without being an
excessive length.

I can imagine an inline adjuster that would work on just an inner cable,
a sort of a cross between http://www.sandsmachine.com/ac_cable.htm and
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=9654, but I've never seen one.

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