Just wanted to say a big thank you for your amazing job, old school and you nailed it. Your experience and knowledge are incredible, and I've learned so much from you. Really appreciate you shared this video with us!!!
Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make such a helpful and easy to follow guide. There is nothing like seeing someone doing it - and your attention to detail was much appreciated.
Wow, amazing video! I bought my bike in an official Cube store. The front derailleur was a mess. I took it to a local repair shop and it wasn’t much better. Thanks to your video I could fix all problems myself 🎉
Nice relaxed and informative video. I hate the fact that Shimano has to keep changing and changing, my other bikes are so simple to adjust. Thanks for a great video.
Thank you! this helped me after I stretched my derailer cable and no shops were open. Got me back on the bike! Only detailed GRX 800 detailed video I could find. Appreciate!
I just install my GRX 810 by following this video. Nice clear instructions I watched it a couple of times and then followed several steps in one go. Worth noting that a cable pulling tool really helps getting the cable taught, and the cable pinch bolt needs to be screwed down quite hard, as the cable slipped through after I had installed the change and was tweaking the gears - so I had to restart.
This is very clear step by step video about how to get Shimano GRX front derailleur adjusted, if you have one. My derailleur was adjusted so so, it bothered me a lot and made me hating the gears in the whole. While I had to change cable I decided to adjust derailleur again with this video. Success was quaranteed!
This was so perfect. I stared at the service manual for so long not understanding what all the shift lever positions and such meant. This made it all so simple
It's an awesome video guide, and it helped me to adjust the front derailleur on my bike. I've tried to adjust the front derailleur a few days, but after I've watched this video, the adjustment took only a few minutes! Many thanks!
Great video. Thanks! The cable tension adjustment is by far the single best addition to Shimano front mechs. The Ultegra 6800 was an absolute nightmare to get right. Either too much tension or not enough.
Absolutely amazing video to teach me how to sort my derailleur from scratch. I’m a total newbie and this video got me sorted. So we’ll explained. A huge thank you!
This was consistent with the the Shimano technical document... despite that I couldn't get my new GRX front derailleur to shift. And I have been working on bikes 30 years. Usually Shimano stuff is cake to work on.
THANKS! Purchased a Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 new, front derailleur wouldn't shift up. They "fixed" it when I went in for my fitting. Still wouldn't shift to the big chain ring. Brought it to a different bike shop - same deal. This video and 20 minutes took care of it!
Your sharp explanation was able to make me understand and sort a factory bike delivered where too much noise and difficulty was coming from the derailleur. But please anyone help! ? My brand new bike with same GRX when I am on disc No 2 front, does not change in the back with gear 1( largest in teeth sprocket or the furthest out).All other combinations are fine! I have tried with H and L before seeing the video and had no luck. All other details are great by following the steps and adjusting. Thank you
Great video! I’m having a little trouble though, the screw that’s goes through and should push onto the frame... the derailleur is placed in a position so that when the screw goes through there is no frame to push on, it’s just in mid air. This is an issue because I need to straighten the cage because the chain is rubbing the metal side...
Shout out to my local bike shop for giving it their best guess as to how to set up a front derailleur. This video is exactly what I needed to fix the disaster I was sent home with, thank you.
Haha me too. Shimano went nuts with these screws. I was surprised I had the plate on the frame. My lbs is an old man in his 80s and his young grandson. I'll have to show him this video.
I AM a local bike shop, got one of these in that the customer has played with. I am finding out wtf is going on before I get my hammer and blowtorch to it. I mean allen keys of course, allen wrenches to you in the States.
Thank you! This literally saved me during a ride in the middle of nowhere today. I have a question, the 2mm screw that goes through the middle, that is supposed to touch the frame is nowhere near the frame in my case (Giant Revolt carbon frame). It misses it by a whole centimeter. What should I do? Maybe put in a spacer in that covers this empty space so that the screw can touch that spacer?
Thank you for this it was super helpful. 2 questions: 1. If you want to use the clutch - will you have to dial limits even more potentially? 2. I've followed the video but in my grx 2x setup I hear rubbing when I'm in the large chainring in the front and if I try and get into the larger cogs in the back. Essentially about halfway it starts to rub. Small chainring in the front is pretty good with both extremes. Thanks!
best insructional videos out there! thank you. I got a grx 810 set up. Managed to tune better my front grx deraileur but it still feels extremelly stiff. I have to push my left lever waay too hard to make the deraileur to move. I would like to ask weather thats normal with the grx deraileur or its a cable tension issue-it needs to be extremely tight....thank you for your response
@@FreeToCycle it does but after hooking it up on the deraileur, its really hard to make the deraileur move up. your one moves really easy. Wondering weather its normal that the deraileurs spring is so stiff.
@@FreeToCycle Hi Free To Cycle, I am having a similar issue to the above, which is particularly problematic on my wife's bike as the force required to shift into the big ring is too much for her. I lubed the cable and the seat tube cable pulley, and I tried to avoid pulling too much on the cable when first installing it under the FD's fitting screw, to no avail. Note that I am using the FD with a 105 series 11s shifter, which should be compatible according to the Shimano compatibillity chart. I also checked the shifter without any tension, and without any cable, including by removing the inspection panel (per your other video), and found no issue at the shifter level. Grateful for any tip you might have.
Hi! I i have a slight problem (im trying to adjust my front derailleur): first, when i try to adjust the cable tension, no matter how much I turn it, the white line wont budge Second, my derailleur touches the chain on the smallest cog and gear even though i set the L screw to the lowest it can go, Any suggestions? Thx
Does the cable tensioner bolt on the GRX front derailleur have a different function to the inline barrel adjuster I have on the cable near the shifter? If so, what's the difference?
This video helped me a lot 👌🏻, thanks mate. Just got my new bike with complete GRX 810 components, but somehow it didn’t run as smooth as my old XT group, now I know why.. the shop did not completely adjust the system. I followed your instructions and the chain has now no or just your mentioned slightly contact. But nevertheless the whole setup seem to have more resistance than my old bike. Do I have to ride it in to get the chain smooth etc.? regards from Germany ✌🏻
@@FreeToCycle thank you for your reply, I will have a look after about 400km. The first ride after the correct setting was very smooth and without noises 💪🏻
@@FreeToCycle I know have about 160mls/260km on the bike now. Components run very smoothly. They just needed time to break in 👍🏻 I will check all the tension at the weekend. Everytime I ride this bike I just fall more in love with this grx components 😄😄
Somehow I've seized or bent the H limit screw on mine and cant get it out, urgh. No idea how but it's on a pretty new bike and I was adjusting carefully but it just seemed to seize. The head of the bolt is flush with the surface of the hole it fits in.
Have the hi/lo limiters on the front mech changed? You never used to be able to use the hi limiter to actually move the derailleur outboard when the mech was on the large ring. Is this a valid way to adjust the position on outer ring? I used to have to use tension which was a PITA.
Very helpful, as are all of your videos. I have a question thought. The cable guide on the back of my seat tube forces me to terminate the cable housing about 3-4 inches short of the derailleur. It is designed to act as a stop for the end cap. This means I would have to run the bare internal cable from this point straight into the derailleur. Have you encountered this setup and do you have any thoughts on whether it will work?
my bike shop didn't even do any of this, have had nothing but issues with my grx front mech, constantly catching, dropping chains, ripping through cables. Thank-you so much.
Huge help. Been having loads of trouble with my front derailleur. I didn’t know shifting this smoothly was possible. Thanks for the video! Saving it for when I’ll need to revisit.
Lovely clear videos. Still struggle like hell. I’m best with mechs from the 90s without trim. If I installed weekly be fine. It’s once every two years imposs remember process
Been wrestling for a while with a Badly setup GRX FD on a new Giant Revolt. After doing the steps in this video and I think most importantly getting the tension right by lining it up via the tension screw it’s working properly now.
This video helped me out a lot. Got my Canyon Grail delivered ago and the derailleur setting was horrible.. Managed to get it a lot better thanks to your video! Some problems remain: Being on the large chainring I can't use sprockets 1-5 (1= the largest sprocket) which seems to be wrong? I guess I should at least be able to use the sprockets 3-11 while being on the large chainring.
@@florindiaconeasa6049 It got a bit better after some more work but its still not perfect. I can use the sprockets 4-11 on the large chainring. if i go to sprocket 3 i can hear the chain rubbing against the derailleur.
duuuuuuuuuuuude thank you so much for explaining how to install that stupid little cable clip thingy around 8:15... that thing came loose on a ride today and FOR THE LIFE OF ME I could not figure out how it should go back on! Cheers mate, thank you so much!
Hi this is Mat from Germany...Thank you so much for this video. It helped me to refit my derailleur and saved my weekendride. Your the neighbour I'd like to have!!! Perfect explanation! If you lived near me, I would bring a cold beer straightaway...Kind regards!!!
Thanks, that was just the ticket. I fitted grx 600 rings to my 810 chainset for a little lower gears and had to drop the front mech a little and reset. I'vr had a lifetime of experience in bike setup with campag, suntour, shimano, simplex, blah blah. This showed me how much I didn't know about modern tech, excellent front mech tensioning, double trim settings which I've only seem on a triple before. So please to have gone with GRX and to have it's modern features so clearly explained by a pro. BTW if anyone contemplates the 600 46/30 rings on an 810 spider the anti chain jam pin on the 600 rings is longer than the 800 as yhe 600 cranks have a hollow inside face. A few seconds with a file shortens it and avoids distorting the big ring against the drive side crank.
Here's thanks from another (still learning) home-mechanic. Heard a loud snap when shifting from small to big chainring, thought my cable was broken. Shifter and outer cables looked fine which was weird, but no tension on the cable. Seems like cable tension was slowly decreasing the past 2 years, fixed it completely with just this video.
Thank you! You have saved my sanity! I'd been following the Shimano fitting guide for this derailleur and could not make it work - 20 mins spent watching your video and it's shifting a treat. Great guide 🙏
Hey I just wanted to say thank you very much! I am building my first bike from a frameset and also my very first 2x I was struggling till I found your Video
This video is gold, went from 3 hours of frustration to getting it dialed in straight away after this, Bravo!!!
A year or so later I need this video again, and wow! So thorough! Just perfect! So glad that it is available!
Just wanted to say a big thank you for your amazing job, old school and you nailed it. Your experience and knowledge are incredible, and I've learned so much from you. Really appreciate you shared this video with us!!!
Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make such a helpful and easy to follow guide. There is nothing like seeing someone doing it - and your attention to detail was much appreciated.
Wow, amazing video! I bought my bike in an official Cube store. The front derailleur was a mess. I took it to a local repair shop and it wasn’t much better. Thanks to your video I could fix all problems myself 🎉
Nice relaxed and informative video. I hate the fact that Shimano has to keep changing and changing, my other bikes are so simple to adjust. Thanks for a great video.
Thank you! this helped me after I stretched my derailer cable and no shops were open. Got me back on the bike! Only detailed GRX 800 detailed video I could find. Appreciate!
I just install my GRX 810 by following this video. Nice clear instructions I watched it a couple of times and then followed several steps in one go. Worth noting that a cable pulling tool really helps getting the cable taught, and the cable pinch bolt needs to be screwed down quite hard, as the cable slipped through after I had installed the change and was tweaking the gears - so I had to restart.
This is very clear step by step video about how to get Shimano GRX front derailleur adjusted, if you have one. My derailleur was adjusted so so, it bothered me a lot and made me hating the gears in the whole. While I had to change cable I decided to adjust derailleur again with this video. Success was quaranteed!
This was so perfect. I stared at the service manual for so long not understanding what all the shift lever positions and such meant. This made it all so simple
Thank you! I've been battling for an hour with my GRX front derailleur for an hour. This helped a great deal.
Saved my sanity!..I've tweaked a lot of FD's in my day but I had fits with this one..Thanks..subbed
It's an awesome video guide, and it helped me to adjust the front derailleur on my bike. I've tried to adjust the front derailleur a few days, but after I've watched this video, the adjustment took only a few minutes! Many thanks!
Great video. Thanks! The cable tension adjustment is by far the single best addition to Shimano front mechs. The Ultegra 6800 was an absolute nightmare to get right. Either too much tension or not enough.
So true, i was so glad when I discoverd my canyon just had an adjustment screw in the shifting cable...
Super helpful, was having a complete nightmare trying to figure this out. Thanks so much.
Absolutely amazing video to teach me how to sort my derailleur from scratch. I’m a total newbie and this video got me sorted. So we’ll explained. A huge thank you!
This was consistent with the the Shimano technical document... despite that I couldn't get my new GRX front derailleur to shift. And I have been working on bikes 30 years. Usually Shimano stuff is cake to work on.
I have been struggling with this for so long. Thank you so much!!!
Well made. I just followed the steps and got out of a mess. Thanks.
THANKS! Purchased a Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 new, front derailleur wouldn't shift up. They "fixed" it when I went in for my fitting. Still wouldn't shift to the big chain ring. Brought it to a different bike shop - same deal. This video and 20 minutes took care of it!
amazingly clear explanation - thanks for this!
Thanks, very helpfull! Actually better than the shimano documentation.
Excellent video. My Revolt derailleur was so far out of proper setup.
Thank you very much! Nice, practical and very clear.
Very good explaining of the screws and setup.
I've been fiddling with my GRX front of the new Grizl. Gonna try your setup method this afternoon.
amazing video!
fixing all my drive train noise
Excellent. FWIW I followed this with the GRX 410 front mechanical and it was all the same.
Your sharp explanation was able to make me understand and sort a factory bike delivered where too much noise and difficulty was coming from the derailleur. But please anyone help! ?
My brand new bike with same GRX when I am on disc No 2 front, does not change in the back with gear 1( largest in teeth sprocket or the furthest out).All other combinations are fine! I have tried with H and L before seeing the video and had no luck. All other details are great by following the steps and adjusting. Thank you
Thanks mate just doing this, so glad I watched your video
Awesome and clear instructions. Thanks for a great vid
Thanks for the help!
Amazing, keep going! Best regards from Switzerland
Great video , thank you so much 👍
Great help! Cable tension - I seem to be able to have a useful trim at the top, or the bottom, but not both at the same time…
Great video! I’m having a little trouble though, the screw that’s goes through and should push onto the frame... the derailleur is placed in a position so that when the screw goes through there is no frame to push on, it’s just in mid air. This is an issue because I need to straighten the cage because the chain is rubbing the metal side...
Super helpful. Thank you so much.
Fantastic video. Thank you very much!
Amazing, thank you!
This video helped me alot, thank you, awesome channel in general, keep it up!
Thank you for the video very helpful. The Shimano installation manual is pretty hard to read…
That's really clear. Thank you!
Thank you sir! 🙏
Shout out to my local bike shop for giving it their best guess as to how to set up a front derailleur. This video is exactly what I needed to fix the disaster I was sent home with, thank you.
Haha me too. Shimano went nuts with these screws. I was surprised I had the plate on the frame. My lbs is an old man in his 80s and his young grandson. I'll have to show him this video.
I AM a local bike shop, got one of these in that the customer has played with. I am finding out wtf is going on before I get my hammer and blowtorch to it. I mean allen keys of course, allen wrenches to you in the States.
Thank you! This literally saved me during a ride in the middle of nowhere today. I have a question, the 2mm screw that goes through the middle, that is supposed to touch the frame is nowhere near the frame in my case (Giant Revolt carbon frame). It misses it by a whole centimeter. What should I do? Maybe put in a spacer in that covers this empty space so that the screw can touch that spacer?
Thanks for this!
Fantastic video! Thanks! Just subscribed.
When attaching the cable through the pinch bolt, what position should the barrel adjuster be in?
Thank you for this it was super helpful. 2 questions:
1. If you want to use the clutch - will you have to dial limits even more potentially?
2. I've followed the video but in my grx 2x setup I hear rubbing when I'm in the large chainring in the front and if I try and get into the larger cogs in the back. Essentially about halfway it starts to rub. Small chainring in the front is pretty good with both extremes.
Thanks!
Same problem here. Did you find a solution?
@@MicskiDK unfortunately no
Thanks great detailed video. One question: When you adjust for the big chainring, will that not counterfeit the adjustment for the small chainring?
Thank you, did you have to put a ring/spacer between the frame/bearings and the chain set?
best insructional videos out there! thank you. I got a grx 810 set up. Managed to tune better my front grx deraileur but it still feels extremelly stiff. I have to push my left lever waay too hard to make the deraileur to move. I would like to ask weather thats normal with the grx deraileur or its a cable tension issue-it needs to be extremely tight....thank you for your response
The lever should be easy to move!
@@FreeToCycle it does but after hooking it up on the deraileur, its really hard to make the deraileur move up. your one moves really easy. Wondering weather its normal that the deraileurs spring is so stiff.
Hi, I am having the same issue. Were you able to find a solution?
@@FreeToCycle Hi Free To Cycle, I am having a similar issue to the above, which is particularly problematic on my wife's bike as the force required to shift into the big ring is too much for her. I lubed the cable and the seat tube cable pulley, and I tried to avoid pulling too much on the cable when first installing it under the FD's fitting screw, to no avail. Note that I am using the FD with a 105 series 11s shifter, which should be compatible according to the Shimano compatibillity chart. I also checked the shifter without any tension, and without any cable, including by removing the inspection panel (per your other video), and found no issue at the shifter level. Grateful for any tip you might have.
Have you replaced the outer cables?
Hi! I i have a slight problem (im trying to adjust my front derailleur): first, when i try to adjust the cable tension, no matter how much I turn it, the white line wont budge
Second, my derailleur touches the chain on the smallest cog and gear even though i set the L screw to the lowest it can go,
Any suggestions? Thx
Does the cable tensioner bolt on the GRX front derailleur have a different function to the inline barrel adjuster I have on the cable near the shifter? If so, what's the difference?
This video helped me a lot 👌🏻, thanks mate. Just got my new bike with complete GRX 810 components, but somehow it didn’t run as smooth as my old XT group, now I know why.. the shop did not completely adjust the system. I followed your instructions and the chain has now no or just your mentioned slightly contact. But nevertheless the whole setup seem to have more resistance than my old bike. Do I have to ride it in to get the chain smooth etc.? regards from Germany ✌🏻
Once you get some miles on the components the derailleurs may need adjusting again as the cables stretch slightly!
@@FreeToCycle thank you for your reply, I will have a look after about 400km. The first ride after the correct setting was very smooth and without noises 💪🏻
@@FreeToCycle I know have about 160mls/260km on the bike now. Components run very smoothly. They just needed time to break in 👍🏻 I will check all the tension at the weekend.
Everytime I ride this bike I just fall more in love with this grx components 😄😄
@@FreeToCycle with tension I mean cable adjustment, sorry
All the GRX stuff is in short supply, trying to find a GRX FD Hanger to go on 28.6 Seat Tube.
thanks for sharing! a dumb question...actually how many shifts should be there? 3 or 4?
Somehow I've seized or bent the H limit screw on mine and cant get it out, urgh. No idea how but it's on a pretty new bike and I was adjusting carefully but it just seemed to seize. The head of the bolt is flush with the surface of the hole it fits in.
Have the hi/lo limiters on the front mech changed? You never used to be able to use the hi limiter to actually move the derailleur outboard when the mech was on the large ring. Is this a valid way to adjust the position on outer ring? I used to have to use tension which was a PITA.
How important is it to have the tip of the derailleur 1mm out of line with the chainring
Is there any significance of adjusting cable tension without the chain on the chainrings? Or should I slip the chain off before adjusting?
Very helpful, as are all of your videos. I have a question thought. The cable guide on the back of my seat tube forces me to terminate the cable housing about 3-4 inches short of the derailleur. It is designed to act as a stop for the end cap. This means I would have to run the bare internal cable from this point straight into the derailleur. Have you encountered this setup and do you have any thoughts on whether it will work?
Wouldn’t make any difference to the derailleur setup! It will work fine.
@@FreeToCycle - thanks so much!
Thanks for the video! Does the GRX 810 have a built in cable stop, to allow running a full length cable housing setup?
You can fit a cable stop into the derailleur so as to run a full length outer!
What's needed for 52t front derailleur?
It's incredibul howy caybul ruut is designed.
Such a crap design. Why on earth did shimano change from a design that worked!!!!!
One of the clearest, most complete, understandable how-to fideos I've ever seen. Thank You! You've saved me so much time and angst!
Great video. Thanks so much.
Great video, thanks!
So many adjustment screws! I like that you can adjust tension on the cable with a screw. Quite easy to install
my bike shop didn't even do any of this, have had nothing but issues with my grx front mech, constantly catching, dropping chains, ripping through cables. Thank-you so much.
Genius!
Thanks, helpful. These are a little different than the stuff I am used to from 15 years ago.
Your "how to" guides are simply superb! Absolute lifesaver
Huge help. Been having loads of trouble with my front derailleur. I didn’t know shifting this smoothly was possible. Thanks for the video! Saving it for when I’ll need to revisit.
This was great thank you so much
I have this on my gravel bike. Quite a lot went into adjustment apparently.
Lovely clear videos. Still struggle like hell. I’m best with mechs from the 90s without trim. If I installed weekly be fine. It’s once every two years imposs remember process
Greetings from Germany. After wasting serveral hours with other tutorials, you made my day! Thanks a lot
🎉🎉🎉🎉thx
Your videos have helped me on so many levels. You probably hear this a lot, but thank you for taking the time to do this.
Thank you!
Great video!
Been wrestling for a while with a Badly setup GRX FD on a new Giant Revolt. After doing the steps in this video and I think most importantly getting the tension right by lining it up via the tension screw it’s working properly now.
Cheers!
Thanks
This video helped me out a lot.
Got my Canyon Grail delivered ago and the derailleur setting was horrible.. Managed to get it a lot better thanks to your video!
Some problems remain: Being on the large chainring I can't use sprockets 1-5 (1= the largest sprocket) which seems to be wrong? I guess I should at least be able to use the sprockets 3-11 while being on the large chainring.
Did you resolve this one?
@@florindiaconeasa6049 It got a bit better after some more work but its still not perfect. I can use the sprockets 4-11 on the large chainring. if i go to sprocket 3 i can hear the chain rubbing against the derailleur.
👍
Great instructional video! Thank you for posting! Love my GRX!
Thanks for making life simple ;)
Very good video, saved me so many troubles from a poorly fitted groupset!
duuuuuuuuuuuude thank you so much for explaining how to install that stupid little cable clip thingy around 8:15... that thing came loose on a ride today and FOR THE LIFE OF ME I could not figure out how it should go back on! Cheers mate, thank you so much!
Hi this is Mat from Germany...Thank you so much for this video. It helped me to refit my derailleur and saved my weekendride. Your the neighbour I'd like to have!!! Perfect explanation! If you lived near me, I would bring a cold beer straightaway...Kind regards!!!
Glad the video helped you out!!
Thanks, that was just the ticket. I fitted grx 600 rings to my 810 chainset for a little lower gears and had to drop the front mech a little and reset. I'vr had a lifetime of experience in bike setup with campag, suntour, shimano, simplex, blah blah. This showed me how much I didn't know about modern tech, excellent front mech tensioning, double trim settings which I've only seem on a triple before. So please to have gone with GRX and to have it's modern features so clearly explained by a pro. BTW if anyone contemplates the 600 46/30 rings on an 810 spider the anti chain jam pin on the 600 rings is longer than the 800 as yhe 600 cranks have a hollow inside face. A few seconds with a file shortens it and avoids distorting the big ring against the drive side crank.
Here's thanks from another (still learning) home-mechanic.
Heard a loud snap when shifting from small to big chainring, thought my cable was broken. Shifter and outer cables looked fine which was weird, but no tension on the cable.
Seems like cable tension was slowly decreasing the past 2 years, fixed it completely with just this video.
Thanks! I was wondering why I couldn't get mine to work, great video
Thank you! You have saved my sanity! I'd been following the Shimano fitting guide for this derailleur and could not make it work - 20 mins spent watching your video and it's shifting a treat. Great guide 🙏
Hey I just wanted to say thank you very much! I am building my first bike from a frameset and also my very first 2x I was struggling till I found your Video
Thank you very much! First time for me working with GRX 810 of my new Grizl. This was really really helpful!
Great video! Easy step by step guide to perfection
Don’t DA GRX boxes look the part. Brill equipment. Only Shimano now. Campag and SRAM Just ain’t the same