Adjusting Your Gears

Rear Mech Set Up

Remove Cable Tension

1. Ensure chain is correctly routed through rear mech and wheel is squarely in dropouts.
2. Is mech a high or low normal design? For low normal design start with low limit screw and with mech aligned with biggest cog otherwise follow below steps.
3. Adjust high limit screw so that the guide wheel (top plastic cog on mech) lines up with highest (or smallest) cog.
4. Manually push mech towards low (or biggest) cog and adjust low limit screw.
5. Shift back into high cog.
6. Attach cable (observe correct fitting – DO NOT MAKE IT UP)! Torque to 5/7nm.
7. Rotate cranks and check shift.
8. Sit mech in mid-range and “trim” with the barrel adjuster on mech if necessary.
9. Trim cable.

Front Mech Set Up

Remove Cable Tension

1. Shift chain into LOW gear on rear (big cog).
2. Set front mech height (2/3mm) and alignment (parallel unless otherwise specified by manufacturer). Torque to 5/7nm.
3. Set LOW limit screw-remember to “unload” mech before engaging screws. Look for a paper-thin gap.
4. Fit cable (torque to 5/7nm) observe correct cable routing DO NOT MAKE IT UP!
5. Shift rear mech into HIGHEST gear 9small cog).
6. Shift slowly and carefully through the gears on front. TAKE CARE WHEN SHIFTING INTO HIGHEST (BIG COG) ON FRONT NOT T OVER SHIFT.
7. Adjust HIGH limit screw to meet mech whilst you hold mech in desired position with shifter.
8. Trim cable.

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