The Wilier's front derailleur decided it didn't want to shift onto the large mech on the last trip out. I figured the cable needed a bit of tension. When I bought the bike, the last owner told me it had just been re-cabled, so I was surprised to find that the down tube cable adjuster had not only been wound out all the way, but the plastic nubbin thing had been slid upwards with a circlip slid underneath it so that is could be used to further tension the cable.
Anyway, I undid that, wound the adjuster all the way in. Tensioned the cable and still no dice. The skid plate looks rather worn so that might be a contributory factor. It's still got some meet left on it though. Looking at the derailleur from the top down, the rear of the cage was angled inward slightly toward the rear wheel. Took the tension of the cable, loosened the clamp, rotated it a few degrees, re-tightened and torqued it. Now it shifts.
Cable has frayed somewhat at the end, so new shift cables and skid plate added to the list of things to order.
After that, I swapped the 90mm stem for 100mm, which also happened to have a degree more rise. Hoping that's me feeling at least a little less cramped for the next ride.
Next up is was the cheap Langster I recently bought. Got a few odds and sods done to it, but I need to order a brake cable and some more bar tape before I can finish it. I'll throw some more details into the
thread.
Finally, I'm just going to strip the bar tape off the CGR Ti - I'm giving up on the stuff that I bought as it has absolutely no stretch and trying some Supercaz tape instead. Needless to say, if I at least get the bar tape that's currently on there off, I'll be committed to finding sometime one evening in the week to put the new tape on.
