Cove Hustler front mech confusion.

tomstickland

I'm very confused.
Front mech for a Cove Hustler.

What front mech is reccomended for the Cove Hustler,

andy
Silverfish Replies:
Hi there

The Cove Hustler, STD and Hooker all require a conventional swing, 34.9, top pull front mech.

Cheers

So I bought one of these:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=28027
Convential, 34.9mm, top and bottom pull compatible, 9 speed, triple ring.

When I came to fit it I found that the cable took a very sharp angle as it exited the last cleat on the downtube.
Even more of a problem was that one click of the handlebar shifter moved the derailleur a distance that's more than one chain ring.
So if the middle ring is set correctly then the mech goes too far on the large ring, and there's loads of slack on the small ring.

In the end there were three of us looking at this including a bike mechanic and we decided that it had to be the wrong deraullier for the bike.

The shifters are 1 year old SLX.

Any ideas what I should be using and why this didn't work?

supersonic

Some mechs do have this sharp exit. Not ideal, but does work in most cases. Does the cable enter the clamp correctly though?

Also is the cable tension correct?

tomstickland

I fixed it!

Spot the difference.
Left is how it was, right is instructions.


Derailleur_Close_Up_2 by tomstickland, on Flickr

Moving the cable further out would produce less rotation of the shaft for the same pull on the cable.

A few seconds moving the cable and it worked.

nicklouse

great things manual and pictures.

The Rookie

Real men don't read manuals until they mess up!

Which means we invariable end up reading the blasted things!

Simon