Shimano 105 R7000 Front Derailleur Fitting Guide

[@FreeToCycle]

The Braze On R7000 front derailleur fitting guide can be found here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSyZmeZmdynrsU

[@matta8380]

Very helpful video!, when setting the limit screw for the high and low is that set in just the first click position, or when it is too clicks, ie it drops to the small ring and then your click again and then set the limit? Thanks

[@adokat]

Literally every single time I look into installing/adjusting a specific piece of kit, this is the best channel. GOAT

[@718Outdoors]

I own my own bike shop here in Brooklyn, and come back to this video time and time again when I cross paths with the 7000

[@N.I.C.K.0.3]

Same here. I always refresh my mind with these videos of latest components. They're getting ridiculously complicated. But it's worth it once installed correctly 😌

[@CullyLarson]

This was a lifesaver. Installing my derailleur was a breeze. Much easier than reading the dealer manual. Thanks!

[@benlewis8183]

Been riding this derailleur for over a year and just swapped it onto a new frame. I think it actually adjusted right for the first time ever haha

[@danm5021]

thank you - I just serviced a friend's bike with R700 and was stumped by the front mech until watching this (and I've built umpteen bikes from scratch and am a fairly proficient mechanic). Why on earth they made this front mech so fussy and unnecessary to install and adjust I have no idea...! Great channel - have used it several times.

[@CrabgrassFarmer]

This is such a good video. I come back and watch it every time I have to adjust my front deraileur. Here I am back again. Thank you so much!

[@maciekniem]

My wife struggled with changing front gear and she thought it was because snapped teeth on her outer chain ring. I reinstalled and tuned front 7000 following your video and bike runs as new! Many thanks for explaining all this in really simple way 🙏

[@funkyed985]

I had 6500 Ultegra on my old bike and worked on it plenty of times with no issues. But this derailleur confused the hell out of me. Shimano instructions were even worse. Thanks for this.

[@chrisbirkle6648]

Mate - you just saved me £199 on a set of ultegra shifters which my mechanic said I needed as he thought my left 105 shifter was broken. Turns out it was just the cable tension. I reset the front mech following your video step by step, and now my bike is working again! Awesome instructions. Thanks 👍

[@FreeToCycle]

Glad it helped you out!!

[@Alimukz]

Which incompetent mechanic was this? Hoping to avoid

[@AdityaRaviKumar17]

I was able to fix my front derailleur and go ride this past weekend. You’re an absolute legend. Thank you!

[@fulhamboy70]

15 minute video, 15 mins setting the screws, back on the road again. Many thanks for your great video. The chain wouldn’t move to the big gear but now does, thank you so much

[@georgeiulian464]

The bloody lines made me say, gtf out. I took my bike to a mechanic to adjust the derailleur and came back with no trim. Then I watched your video and managed to figure it out. Thank you! That line alignment part is very important. Again, thank you!

[@bklyncyclist]

I was about to cut the cable when I realized it would stick out into the crank arm, so I watched this through to the end. Glad I did. It was a very thorough job of how to install this FD, and as with all things bike, it is never as straight forward as you'd think. The one thing I wish I had seen before I opened the box was that there is a ferrule that fits into the body. I wish it were somehow attached because it was gone by the time I installed it. I improvised with another ferrule from the bike I disassembled to create the one I was building. Why it isn't just built in is beyond me.

[@Cedric-mh4pj]

What a legend! Building a trainer for the winter and wet my pants over this mech, what a saviour you are. Thank you!! 😎👍

[@sasquatch2267]

Thank you very much for posting this. I recently realized I could no longer adjust my 105 front derailleur and purchased the R7000 to replace the old one. I typically would take my bike to my local bike shop for installation, but due to the Covid lock-down, the shop is closed indefinitely. Thanks to this video, I installed it the new one in about 10 minutes. Cheers!

[@lauriebarr2623]

The 7000 is an entirely different beast to cable than any other front derailleur I've installed and owned. Without the video, there was no hope of being able to cable it correctly. Thanks for another great video!

[@gmoquia]

LBS fucked my installation up. Did everything on this video to properly reinstall my FD. Thank you so much Free to Cycle!

[@Tailspin80]

My “fully set up and tested” new Contend AR1, bought online, had really bad chain rub in almost half of the gear combinations. Turned out the guide clearance and, crucially, the cable tension were completely out. Followed this video and shifting is now perfect! Many thanks. It’s a tricky procedure on the 105 compared to older designs.

[@markgooding12]

Thanks. Really helpful video. Particularly how to get the cable tension right.

[@kipcc3918]

I stumbled upon your video because I thought I had 5800 on my rb, But looking at the fd, It’s the same on the vid, Then I realized I had 7000 fd and rd and 5800 levers. Which was a new thing to me since I bought the bike used. And now can confirm that the fd was installed improperly because the trim function wasn’t working properly. Therefore more reasons to give the bike fresh cables and housing. Then set the front derailleur properly. Thank You so much for the useful video.

[@PaulCameron-bn8jq]

Just changed from Sora to 105. This video was a godsend. I had to use an aftermarket band as I couldn't find a 105 band on for love or money!

[@urbanturban203]

I've been struggling with this for far too long, but after watching this video it all worked out beautifully! Thanks a lot!

[@grahamaustin9085]

I bought a new one but there were no instructions in the box. This has been invaluable, thanks.

[@sebastiane7667]

I only comment on videos once every couple of years, but this was so helpful I just wanted to say thank you! Before watching it I tried fiddling with it and the cable tension screw just wouldn't do anything because I missed what you're saying at 6:15. Also the two silver markings are no longer a mystery. Thanks again, that was really helpful and the amount of detail needed.

[@gordonselbie1987]

Thank you for your video. 105 R7000 is very tricky! I have to watch your video multiple times to complete the adjustment.

[@andrewcornford2306]

I had my son in law's bike in the workshop today, he has a PD5801 on his Dolan. I had never seen one before and found your video very easy to follow. I've worked on bikes for 40+ years and find that Shimano seems to be go the way of Campag, they'll be special tools soon :-)

[@hockysa]

This video was of great help. The sections also made it very efficient so I didn’t need to necessarily watch all of it. Just the parts I needed. 😊

[@kevinlamb7167]

Thanks man. The front mech was like witchcraft until I watched your video a few times.

[@chippiloo]

Thank you. Best explanation I've seen to adjust this derailleur.

[@tomrobb9974]

WOW within minutes of watching this I learned so much on why my front DR was out of sync and how easy it was to adjust : fantastic helpful video !!!

[@shameelariff2556]

Thank you very much for this excellent video of 105 R7000 front derailleur adjustments. My chain rub issue has been resolved by watching your video. Thank again.

[@maxmonlux]

Your front derailleur video and this one are the best on KZbin. Thank you so much

[@stevewilson9146]

Fixed at last, thank you. It was the first click back off the top ring, before aligning the lines that was throwing me off at 8.08 in the vid. Now working perfectly.

[@FreeToCycle]

👍

[@mktc1]

Thanks a lot mate, just finished building a bike from scratch, and your vidoes have been a life saver 👍

[@Aphidman1]

I got a new bike that needed a lot of final set up and adjustment. Your videos are life savers.

[@s2martin]

The best cycle maintenance videos on YT - thanks so much 🙏

[@magicinthewater100]

Magic, so much clearer than Shimano instructions. Thank you.

[@OmarCalderon01]

Thanks for the video. Just getting around to installing this in a new build. Your videos are among the best in the internet. Clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@shaun-pauloshaughnessy7024]

Thanks for this, had a serious amount of chain rub and was unsure about the adjustments, have it running perfect now

[@ChrisMinto1970]

Very detailed, diligent description. Thank you

[@neilrutter5184]

Legend. Just used your front and rear vids to help me out. Really clear and made it a breeze. Thank you!

[@andyrich9113]

Great job, added a lot to the official manual. Quite a bit different from previous front derailleurs I've installed so really helped out.

[@123moof]

Thanks! My FD had gotten out of whack, and me just fiddling with the screws just made things far worse. Backed up and followed your steps one-by-one and it is back to tip top shifting again.

[@tomreed1274]

I was struggling a bit till I found this. Super useful, thank you!

[@michaeljameslawrence2965]

This is what is needed for all bike fitting instructions

[@eb6055]

Excellent video. Helped save premature ageing with R7000 front mech trimming!

[@davidholmes8839]

Fantastic and meticulous video. I haven't worked on this one before only older Shimano models. Very helpful especially with LBS being backed up I was able to get this done myself, many thx to you. Cheers.

[@neilw4333]

Brilliant video which clearly explains everything. Well done and thank you very much. 👍👍👍. I was struggling for over an hour before I found this. So helpful.

[@julianwilson7172]

Brilliant video, Shimano workshop manual was a bit baffling but this was ace . Thankyou!!

[@markalfresco]

Thanks, I needed a little help, your workbench manor is second to none

[@jrh1704]

This really helped me out getting my new bike sorted out of the box. Thank you!

[@nickward9998]

very informative, just got a new bike and this needed adjusting. These things have got a whole lot more complicated over the years, thanks

[@paulmarkowski9794]

Thank you for making this video. The manual was just giving me a headache, and your video allowed me to make sense of it.

[@paulfoley5939]

Excellent video! Very detailed and clear instructions.

[@WaynePlaysGamez]

Thanks for the video man, helped me troubleshoot the issue I was having by watching you go through the installation process. Ended up needing to re-tension the derailleur cable then change the limit bolts. Appreciate your thorough explanation + useful camera angles!

[@PsychoMan6666]

Used this video to help me adjust my front deraulleur. Helped a ton, so thank you very much!

[@JohnYoungPhotographer]

Did not know anything about that guide line on the front Derailleur - My bike is new but it was out of line with the line :) (maybe new cables stretching) and its made a big difference much better - Thank you very much

[@dedge12858]

Pretty sure Decathlon don't know about them either.

[@atphcm]

Thanks for the videos! This video helped me tremendously today as I was upgrading my old 105 components to the R7000 series. Instructions were clear and paced nice and slow! Thanks again.

[@FreeToCycle]

Glad you found them helpful!

[@luanfg]

Really good tutorial. Just changed mine for the first time and everything went smoothly. Cheers!

[@fabiopunk1661]

Very, very useful. Shimano's instructions are extensive but sometime quizzical in my opinion. Interesting the comparison of weights. I do that all the time when I upgrade a bike. Very often I find that new releases are NOT lighter. Adding features and adjustments obviously adds weight. In this case it is minimal but in others it's not. Thanks agin anyway. I just completed upgrading to the 105 R7000 and I am VERY happy. Super smooth. No issues in adjustments. It runs fine on all sprockets with either chainrings - But I will not do that on the road!

[@youceskotube]

There is one more 2mm hex screw inside the mech, that moves whole mech in/out relative to frame. This was set wrong for me and no matter how low the Low limit I set, it touched the cage in lowest gear. You can see it if you look through the mech towards the seattube. Hope it adds to this excelent video. Thank you so much!

[@FreeToCycle]

You are talking about a Braze On front derailleur which I cover in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSyZmeZmdynrsU

[@DavidMackenzie]

This is such an informative video. Best description of setting up the front derailleur I’ve found. Thanks!

[@wonhee_lee]

Thank you very much! from korea. The only useful video when i searching for shimano r7000 in KZbin :)))

[@FreeToCycle]

Thanks!

[@jacksonianc]

Thanks mate-this was a life saver! Installation went off without a hitch.

[@Stratulax]

Thank you! This is exaclty what I needed to see to better understand how the take care of the final adjustments on my front derailleur.

[@wharwood]

This was really helpful. Thank you! After a major struggle with mine I note a couple things that may help others. First the metal plate. The backing tape shimano provides is fairly useless. You have to be careful the plate doesn’t fall out or get twisted out of place by the adjustment screw. Once the thing is mounted it’s very difficult to see what’s going on where the plate is. Second, if yours is braze on, you might have to use heavy manners to keep the tail of the plate flush while you tighten the main bolt. Otherwise you may have your crank arm hitting the plate.

[@alen-commentnazi8774]

Whatttttttttttttttt i had no idea the sticker was used to help and didnt know you can line up the white lines!!!! this video is the best thing since sliced bread

[@robaust3049]

A excellent series of video’s. Clear, concise, great tips (which maybe in the manual although not clear) - Thankyou

[@sisavedbygrace]

Thank you so much I always struggle with the front for some reason you made this simple and easy to follow

[@malcolmlaw5092]

Just Upgrading Trek 10 spd 105 winter bike to new 105 11Spd.Great Video on Front Mech.Thank You.

[@yayamsm]

Thanks for this video. My cable snapped and I was able to replace it and reindex the front mech with your video.😊

[@LateralJim]

Great video and easy to follow! Clearer than the official site!

[@mlee6136]

Personally i think it's a mistake to upgrade to the new 7000 front derailleur, the orginal version is much simpler for install and maintenance. The new one is unnecessarily complicated ..there's a reason why you have over 76,000 views... thanks for a great video, your very detailed in your instructions!!

[@picazulu]

awesome video for the R7000 - super helpful solving my derailleur issues - thanks for sharing mate!

[@alexhevey8122]

Thank you for this video! Have never been able to work this mech out - always losing tension and never sure how to get it straight again. The part with this lines was where the penny dropped!

[@Shykovart]

Thank you so much! Did it for the first time and with your video it was easy and smooth.

[@thebobbybobbob]

Chapeau…spot on for fitting my new derailleur

[@keybmx]

Legend 👍 these are nothing like a normal front derailleur, didn’t realise there was a cable tension line ! Thanks

[@marcogacke3986]

Thank you so much for this video, I’ve been rebuilding my bike and self teaching myself along the way. This helped me get my shifting perfect and much easier than the manual.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

Your videos are simply excellent

[@syedalyahya7790]

Thanks for taking the time to make and share this video. It certainly helped me with the installation of a new R8000 FD.

[@raymondelliot4605]

Great video. My front derailleur is driving me daft. I’m going to give it a go. 👍🏻🚴🏻‍♂️

[@Fred-ld5oq]

Thanks a lot mate for that video. Bought a brand new bike and the front derailleur wasn´t working. Was not able to go to bigger chainring. Your explanation just nailed it. BTW: You have an heavy accent. Was kind of hard for me to understand as a German native. I have to train more my speaking. Take care!

[@cbo551]

Thanks so much. Didn't have a clue when my shifter cable popped out until watching this.

[@dahappychappy]

Really appreciate your effort making the video. Thank you

[@adamfajardo1007]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

[@retroonhisbikes]

Thanks for doing this one. It’s the third screw I was having difficulty founding out what it was for? The shop had left the screw loose and not correctly set. After watching I have now correctly set up the cable and the shifting is now perfect.

[@FreeToCycle]

Glad you found the video helpful.

[@andrewmorris9013]

Thanks, this video really helped me fix/reset my front derailleur!

[@timlittle1083]

MANY thanks! Perfect installation the first time!

[@hamishainslie6925]

Crystal clear, well thought through and so simple to follow - thank you

[@thomaspagenkopf7066]

Awesome and thank you! Sorted my R7000 tensioning out within minutes.

[@manojmirchandani1929]

Thank you very much for the instructions and other related videos. You saved me a lot of money on repairs and I also learnt how to maintain my bike. Excellent

[@FreeToCycle]

Glad you found the video's useful.

[@colingray434]

Used this video and recommended it to others. Thanks

[@lassemidt]

Thank you! This helped me get the cable tension right

[@yorkbrick]

Great video, Just bought a bike with 105 and did notice no barrel! Thanks

[@RagingDork]

Thanks! The cover for the cable bolt really confused me when I tried to adjust it before watching this.

[@dvs70]

Thank you. I'm changing to R7000, and this is invaluable info.

[@FreeToCycle]

👍

[@v1m9s8m8]

Thank you so much for the detailed video, it helped me a ton.

[@johnsochor5380]

Very good, and informative. Thanks to taking the time to share.