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[evdog]

Spent 15 minutes at the trailhead trying to figure out why my xo1 drivetrain wouldn’t go into the big cog. Moved the barrel adjuster all over the place, but it seemed like it was binding against the limit screw. And then with the barrel adjuster all the way up, it wouldn’t go into the small cog. No amount of fiddling would get it working. Then I picked up the bike and realized the wheel had a lot of play: thru axle had worked itself loose. The rear triangle was spread out by about one cog which was keeping the derailleur from going all the way. Tightening the axle got everything lined up again. And then of course I spent the next 3 hours of riding trying to unfuck all the adjustments I had made trying to solve the problem.

Similar experience for me. Shifting has sucked since I got a big stick in the derailleur a couple weeks ago. I had assumed it was bent D-hanger. So I finally picked up a new one and went to install it. Found the rear D was loose in the hanger. And then noticed the rear shifter housing had popped out of the ferrule up at the shifter. Got all that buttoned up and its shifting well in the stand. We will see how it goes on the trail in a bit.

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You would be suprised how often just wanking around fixes a problem of course this was computers not bicycles but counting up 1.5 yrs of HW repair IME 40% of calls needed parts and the other 60 % were fixed by just wanking about