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Hi all
I'm after some advice/ answers please.! About 6 months ago I bought my first road bike in many years an Orbea Aqua TSR. I love the bike but I've only been out on it a couple of times in fact the bike has only covered 22 miles. But it's been back to the shop twice. The first time for front derailluer adjustment after about 6 miles and for the second time a front derailluer shifter/lever problem. The bike started its life as a flat bar road bike. Basically the shop had 2 and they weren't selling so the shop converted 1(my 1) to a drop bar road bike and left the triple 50x39x30 crank on(which is what I wanted). Now the trouble is front shifting I say trouble but it does seem to work quite well except I seem to have to double shift (1 push of the brake lever nothing and push again to get the chain to ride on to the large sprocket ). Getting from Inner (small sprocket) to middle sprocket seems fine just 1 push of the brake lever. Is this normal for a triple? The front derailluer is Shimano FDR-453 and the shifters/levers Shimano sora 3400 9 speed. After doing some research on the net I see that the FDR-453 is for a flat bar road bike and may not be compatable with STI Shifters. Does any one know if this is correct? And that is why I have to double shift to get fron middle sprocket to large sprocket it just seems a bit weird to me I'm used to MTB gears 1click =1gear I just assumed it would be the same on a road bike. Any input regarding this would be really appreciated. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
I'm after some advice/ answers please.! About 6 months ago I bought my first road bike in many years an Orbea Aqua TSR. I love the bike but I've only been out on it a couple of times in fact the bike has only covered 22 miles. But it's been back to the shop twice. The first time for front derailluer adjustment after about 6 miles and for the second time a front derailluer shifter/lever problem. The bike started its life as a flat bar road bike. Basically the shop had 2 and they weren't selling so the shop converted 1(my 1) to a drop bar road bike and left the triple 50x39x30 crank on(which is what I wanted). Now the trouble is front shifting I say trouble but it does seem to work quite well except I seem to have to double shift (1 push of the brake lever nothing and push again to get the chain to ride on to the large sprocket ). Getting from Inner (small sprocket) to middle sprocket seems fine just 1 push of the brake lever. Is this normal for a triple? The front derailluer is Shimano FDR-453 and the shifters/levers Shimano sora 3400 9 speed. After doing some research on the net I see that the FDR-453 is for a flat bar road bike and may not be compatable with STI Shifters. Does any one know if this is correct? And that is why I have to double shift to get fron middle sprocket to large sprocket it just seems a bit weird to me I'm used to MTB gears 1click =1gear I just assumed it would be the same on a road bike. Any input regarding this would be really appreciated. Thanks!!!!!!!!!
