How to adjust your front derailleur (2024)

Front derailleur adjustment is easy when you know how, so follow our guide to set yours up in minutes

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Joseph Delves

Joseph Delves is a former editor of Cycling Electric, former editor-at-large of BikesEtc and a regular contributor to Cyclist Magazine and Cyclist.co.ukwith an extensive knowledge of bikes and bike tech.A fan of sleeping wild long before bikepacking made it fashionable, he’s convinced that traffic levels and human happiness are negatively correlated.Joe is habitually unable to get his bike computer to sync and instead relies on OS maps or skills learned watching Ray Mears’ Bushcraft for navigation.Before he deleted it, his Twitter was followed only by his mother and UCI President DavidLappartient.

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Stu Bowers

Stu Bowers is the former editor ofCyclist Off-Road and former editor-at-large for Cyclist. His journey, since puberty, has been all about the bike, and he's an expert on all things cycling.Having previously worked at the forefront of bicycle retail, whilst juggling racing commitments that saw him represent Team GB in two separate disciplines, Stu went on to wield the spanners for the GB cycling team too.He also has a Sports Science degree.Stu leftCyclistin 2021 for another role in the bike industry, leaving big shoes to fill.

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