Thursday, 12 September 2013

Derailleur cable switch

The derailleur cable on the Fuego was getting a bit frayed. I don't know how old it was when I bought it (three years, max, I think) but it was due for renewal:

The shifter is an SRAM X7 9-speed grip shifter which takes universal cables. The distance the cable needs to run is unusually long, so you'll need a tandem length replacement - approx. 2.5 metres, 20cm of which was slack so I snipped it off.

The routing was very easy, the shifter didn't even need to come off as there's a hatch for you to replace it. Once swapped out and passed through the pinch bolt, it just seems to work with no additional adjustment. Bonus!


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