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Re: Look for one Lotus Sport and two come along!
As I wait for M900 rear mech to arrive, I thought I’d get on with cabling the Campagnolo steed.... but before one of you funny types decides to post a YouTube clip from Monty Python and the Holly Grail with everyone shouting “Get on with it..I guess I’d better explain why what should have been a half hour job has taken days. :facepalm:
The cabling obviously didn’t take long, but in the odd spare half hour here & there this week, I just couldn’t work out why the front mech struggled to operate correctly.
The problem?
However I adjusted the mech I just couldn’t engage the smallest ring. Now having had a full evening to really investigate I realised that the mech just physically couldn’t swing in far enough without clashing with the seat tube.... of course this Campagnolo mech was never designed to be on this bike and originally the Lotus would have had a B.B. mounted mech, so what to do?
Well surgery of course.... those of a nervous disposition look away now as the following contain disturbing images.... :shock:
Firstly, the clash with the seat tube.
This was carefully “adjusted to suit” with my dremell.
Second clash
It just needed a little whitling....
Fits perfectly now
All sorted
As I wait for M900 rear mech to arrive, I thought I’d get on with cabling the Campagnolo steed.... but before one of you funny types decides to post a YouTube clip from Monty Python and the Holly Grail with everyone shouting “Get on with it..I guess I’d better explain why what should have been a half hour job has taken days. :facepalm:
The cabling obviously didn’t take long, but in the odd spare half hour here & there this week, I just couldn’t work out why the front mech struggled to operate correctly.
The problem?
However I adjusted the mech I just couldn’t engage the smallest ring. Now having had a full evening to really investigate I realised that the mech just physically couldn’t swing in far enough without clashing with the seat tube.... of course this Campagnolo mech was never designed to be on this bike and originally the Lotus would have had a B.B. mounted mech, so what to do?
Well surgery of course.... those of a nervous disposition look away now as the following contain disturbing images.... :shock:
Firstly, the clash with the seat tube.
This was carefully “adjusted to suit” with my dremell.
Second clash
It just needed a little whitling....
Fits perfectly now
All sorted
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