Mushroomgodmat
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- Norwich
Hi,
Iv just swapped out all my cables due to my gear changing being too stiff. In the process of doing this I tried moving my front derailleur (Shimano 105) by hand (with no cable attached)....and it's really stiff. I don't think it's a case of lubrication as the movement is nice and smooth, it's like the tension spring is overly strong.
Now I have a ultegra front derailleur on my other bike, and doing exactly the same thing (ie moving it by hand) is about half the effort when compared too my 105.
Anyway, iv removed the derailleur, iv cleaned it and re lubed it, iv even left the lube a good hour to soak in. And that has made no difference at all...still way too much tension.
Anyone have any idea what the problem might be?....as far as I know it's always been like this. Iv only just got my ultegra bike so only just now have I been able to compair the two derailleur.
I might be missing something, but it just seems weird that one is so much stiffer than the other
Iv just swapped out all my cables due to my gear changing being too stiff. In the process of doing this I tried moving my front derailleur (Shimano 105) by hand (with no cable attached)....and it's really stiff. I don't think it's a case of lubrication as the movement is nice and smooth, it's like the tension spring is overly strong.
Now I have a ultegra front derailleur on my other bike, and doing exactly the same thing (ie moving it by hand) is about half the effort when compared too my 105.
Anyway, iv removed the derailleur, iv cleaned it and re lubed it, iv even left the lube a good hour to soak in. And that has made no difference at all...still way too much tension.
Anyone have any idea what the problem might be?....as far as I know it's always been like this. Iv only just got my ultegra bike so only just now have I been able to compair the two derailleur.
I might be missing something, but it just seems weird that one is so much stiffer than the other
