Sram Mountain Bike Derailleur Adjustment

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Sram mountain bike derailleur adjustment. The indexing and adjustment of your gears is done using the cable. How to adjust your bicycle s rear derailleur and gears. The best mountain bike derailleurs today are durable easy to tune and can shift smoothly even under load. Fixing your own bike and specifically adjusting your derailleurs can be quite an intimidating task.

There are three limit screws shown above. Sram s latest 12 speed gx mountain bike rear derailleur. First invented in 1906 it was clunky unpopular and had two speeds. They ve come a long way since.

We ride our bikes to work and around town. The b screw controls the derailleur bodys angle in relation to the sprocket set. We ride our bikes in the peloton on the trails and down the mountains. Your rear derailleur is a technological marvel.

The b screw b tension adjustment found on both shimano and sram rear derailleurs the h screw high gear limit stop and the l screw low gear limit stop. Your browser does not support all of our website s functionality. At sram we are passionate about cycling. You should buy a new derailleur for the same reason the first one was invented.

In this video learn how to adjust a sram mechanical rear derailleur from art s cyclery pro. Russell burton mbuk magazine the situation is a little more clear with sram and we ve summarised the main points below. The first step is to adjust the derailleur s height and angle using the positioning clamp that attaches the derailleur to your bike s frame.