Learned How to Replace Derailleur Cable

My DHs rear derailleur cable broke, so he bought the necessary parts and started by putting his bike on the bike stand in the garage. I came hurrying out and said, "Don't do anything until I get over there. I want to help!". So I mostly watched, asked relevant questions, and helped thread the wire cable through the "housing" (not sure what it's called-the black tubular plastic portions that the cable goes through). The interesting part was calibrating it and adjusting the two screws on the rear derailleur to adjust the "limits". I proudly asked him if he knew how to do this because of the Parks Big Blue Book (bike repair book) that I bought him for Christmas. He replied, "No, I looked it up online". Oh well.

Now I think I could do my own. ;)

Good job! It's so satisfying, isn't it?

Limit screws are basically set-it-and-forget-it until you replace the derailleur - even removing and re-installing the derailleur doesn't change the high/low limits. You should only have to adjust the cable length. But if the limit screws weren't set properly by the shop who built the bike, they are now. :)

@OakLeaf, that's good to know about the high/low limits. Not sure why DH thought he needed to adjust them. I was just impressed that he knew how to do it and how straight forward it was.

BTW, I see you have "Foam roller derby queen" under your name. Does that mean you use a foam roller? Just curious, because I have one that I "torture" myself on, especially my IT band in my left leg. Just curious. ;)

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Originally Posted by Velocivixen

Does that mean you use a foam roller?

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Oh, not as often as I ought to. :rolleyes:

I just needed a new title. And I'm changing it again already ...

Oh, I see that. I guess that means you're "mean" ;)