Nancy Drew Posted March 14, 2008 Share My chain is falling off every time I drop into granny gear, can someone tell me where/how I adjust my front deraileur? PleeaaseFront deraileur: SRAM X-Gen please respond in 'girl' talk.... i.e. you're welcome to use words like 'thingy' and 'gaftamagodey' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDura Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 14, 2008 Share There are two thingymajik called limit screws on top of the derailure !! You see them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted March 14, 2008 Share I guess I walked straight into that one...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 14, 2008 Share Then do what mampara just said ! concetrate on the L screw , that should be the one closest to the small blade . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Janse v Rensburg Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 14, 2008 Share Hey DR it's not a knife, small chainring is the correct technical term I do believe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 14, 2008 Share Chainring is term embraced by roadies ! We are hunters , hairy beasts and the word blade fits right in with our culture ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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 chainringc)If I break it, I'll take it to the closest bike shop Much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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 ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xak1 Posted March 14, 2008 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted March 14, 2008 Share Did not even know SRam had a front derailure till bout 30 minutes ago ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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