Tech Tip: Setting Up Your Derailleur

Jordan Masse from Steed Cycles takes us through the setup and tuning of a rear derailleur.

Stretch your cables here...

One thing I liked to do is do the barrel adjuster step while riding the bike.

Especially with used equipment I find the derailleur often works a little differently on the stand vs riding.

sounds like he had a bent hanger on that there giant.

if your bike is exhibiting that behaviour, check for bendedness.

He forgot one important adjustment - the B Tension screw

He skipped the part about checking hanger trueness with an alignment gauge. Just because a hanger is new, doesn't mean it's true, although 95% of the time that may be the case.
And yeah, B tension is important too.

Pull on teh cable to ensure that the housing end caps are snug against the housing ends innit. Stops 'cable stretch'.

Nice vid. Always good to see content from the boys at Steed.

I have to laugh at the peanut gallery comments, guys…you think someone who's learning basic cable tension adjustment from a web clip has a hanger alignment tool at their disposal??