still on that pedal.bike?

proj.gear/bike/trouble shifting:

7.10:

. the bolt holding the rear derailleur cable had come loose .

. give the chain some lube along with the derailleur wheels .

7.11:

. it was unexpectedly difficult to down-shift

and it was after a rain, so I suspected rust in the cable housing .

. that was not really a problem but I lubed it anyway;

and trying the control by itself was easy too,

so I was perplexed .

. then I notice the handle cover might be pressing against the control,

so I trimmed that with the sheet metal clippers

-- even though it didn't really make sense to do so,

since the control was fine moving without the cable .

. maybe it was the cable under pressure,

so the next test ride may find that it really was the lube that helped .