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billiebob
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Took my first ride this afternoon on my new Azure. I was out for 4 hours, and I'm pretty worked. The bike is fabulous, except for one pretty major issue:
While cleaning the bike, I noticed that the front derailleur had been hitting the rear triangle whenever I hit a bump in my granny gear. I deflated the 5th Element shock so I could compress the rear triangle, and found that the derailleur cage contacts the frame when the shock has been compressed only 14 mm, which I measure as exactly half of its total travel. Given that I rode for hours on the small chainring, the frame is pretty beat up at this point of contact.
It's not as if the derailleur rubs the frame; there is no clearance at all when I'm in the granny gear. Even on the middle chainring, there is only a few mm clearance for the rear triangle to swing by.
I read that some of you with the MKIII have had clearance issues with the Shimano front derailleurs, and that the SRAM model has a shorter cage. Has anyone experienced this with the Azure?
I'll also e-mail IH for their suggestion.
thanks.
While cleaning the bike, I noticed that the front derailleur had been hitting the rear triangle whenever I hit a bump in my granny gear. I deflated the 5th Element shock so I could compress the rear triangle, and found that the derailleur cage contacts the frame when the shock has been compressed only 14 mm, which I measure as exactly half of its total travel. Given that I rode for hours on the small chainring, the frame is pretty beat up at this point of contact.
It's not as if the derailleur rubs the frame; there is no clearance at all when I'm in the granny gear. Even on the middle chainring, there is only a few mm clearance for the rear triangle to swing by.
I read that some of you with the MKIII have had clearance issues with the Shimano front derailleurs, and that the SRAM model has a shorter cage. Has anyone experienced this with the Azure?
I'll also e-mail IH for their suggestion.
thanks.