MTB - Front deraileur

[Nancy Drew]

My chain is falling off every time I drop into granny gear, can someone tell me where/how I adjust my front deraileur?  Pleeaase

Front deraileur: SRAM X-Gen

 

please respond in 'girl' talk.... i.e. you're welcome to use words like 'thingy' and 'gaftamagodey'

 

[CaptainDura]

Make sure you turn the gaftamagodey with the thingy until it shifts down but not too far so it drops the chain of the chainring

[dirtrider]

There are two thingymajik called limit screws on top of the derailure !! You see them ?

[Nancy Drew]

I guess I walked straight into that one......

[AndreZA]

There are two screws on top of the derailleur. The H stops it from going over the big ring and the L stops it going over the small. Adjust the L just so that the cage clears the chain when it's on the small.

 

 

[Nancy Drew]

There are two thingymajik called limit screws on top of the derailure !! You see them ?

 

not currently, but when I'm at home with my bike I'll look for them..... then what?

[dirtrider]

Then do what mampara just said ! concetrate on the L screw , that should be the one closest to the small blade .

[Gert Janse v Rensburg]

And if you cant get it right... then take it to youre bike shop.... if they are propper they wont even charge you for it....

[NotSoBigBen]

Hey DR it's not a knife, small chainring is the correct technical term I do believe?

[dirtrider]

Chainring is term embraced by roadies ! We are hunters , hairy beasts and the word blade fits right in with our culture !

[Nancy Drew]

Thanks guys, will try all of the above, so just to re-cap:

I will:

a)Make sure I turn the gaftamagodey with the thingy until it shifts down but not too far so it drops the chain of the chainring

b)Then I'll do what mampara just said & concetrate on the L screw , that should be the one closest to the small blade or more technically correctly the chainring

c)If I break it, I'll take it to the closest bike shop 

 

Much appreciated

[NotSoBigBen]

DR = hairy beast, now that I can identify with haha! But does this not come from a recent funride world champs finisher, sommer close to that 'special' 3 hour barrier nogal huh huh ........

[dirtrider]

And now Nancy I would like to point you to one of the other threads where they discussed the cost of a bike service . Please note the hourly ( or part of) rate mentioned !

[NotSoBigBen]

OK then maybe some useful advice, how about these do they help perhaps (some even with pictures to identify those thingy's, thingamobob's and widgets)?

 

http://bloombikeshop.com/repairmaintenance/derailleurshifter/adjustfrontderailleur.php

 

http://www.webmountainbike.com/adfronder.html

 

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html

[xak1]

If all else fails, get Shimano - on FD's they are still the best.  Look at how many top riders on SRAM use Shimano FD's.

[dirtrider]

Did not even know SRam had a front derailure till bout 30 minutes ago !