Hey everyone I'm new here but this is my 2019 Fuji Norcom straight and I just received it. The right shift is oddly angeled outward…compared to the left side that's straight down. Anyway to fix this angle?
by HesAFish
Hey everyone I'm new here but this is my 2019 Fuji Norcom straight and I just received it. The right shift is oddly angeled outward…compared to the left side that's straight down. Anyway to fix this angle?
by HesAFish
4 Comments
Yep. Just grab it and twist it back to straight
I’ve got bar end shifters, and I imagine your brakes have a similar fixing method. I’ve used a Crescent wrench with something around the head of the fitting, and gently twisted everything square. If it’s too tight to move, you’ll have to get behind the lever. There’s an expanding anchor in the tube, with a screw hiding behind the brake lever. It may seem to have a left hand thread, you’re coming at it from the back, so to speak.
It’s cooked. Set it out on the curb and buy a new one.
But seriously, I don’t know these levers but there’s a very good chance that they plug into the bar and use a wedge on the inside to stay put. There’s probably a bolt on the front (as in you are looking at the bike like you’re about to get run over): loosen it with a metric hex/Allen wrench to free the wedge, turn the lever how you like it, then tighten the bolt to keep it there.
This is how things *generally* work—do not take this advice unless the bolt is obvious and relatively large (roughly the size of your bottle cage bolts)
There’s likely a bolt and a bung (a binder nut) that clamps it to the ID of the tube. Maybe release the brake cable and pull the lever down to see if there is an allen key bolt head visible after you pull that down, then you can loosen, straighten, then re-tighten.