Stiff shifter?

[David Kirk]

Originally Posted by trener1

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The cable pops out of a black plastic triangular cover....that cover will lift straight up and out of position without any tools or effort. Pop that up and off to expose how the cable runs under there and send another photo.

dave

[Black Dog]

That is more or less how it (the cable attachment and routing) should look. I have the same FD on a bike and it looks just like that.

Originally Posted by trener1

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[trener1]

Is this what you mean?

[MikeD]

Looks more or less OK, or maybe the cable isn't properly in the cable groove.

[dddd]

Ok, so it's an R7000 gruppo, so you can disregard what I said about the 5800/6800/9000 series 11s front derailers.

Next up, how is the cable routed under the bottom bracket shell, is it visible or might it be entirely internal? If there is a grooved guide, does the cable follow the groove and is it routed smoothly where it goes up to the front derailer?
Often there is a removable cover plate which allows service and inspection.

Is the lever hard to actuate as you start moving it, or as you reach it's final click shifting to the big ring?
Or is it friction plagued throughout it's travel?

[trener1]

I'm honestly not sure what groupo it is, it came stock on a 2021 BMC.

It has internal cable routeing (yay, not! as per the crew at escape collective) so there is nothing to see under the BB shell.

It is pretty much very stiff through the whole shifting processes, but only when shifting the whole (large) lever, i.e. up shifting up from the small ring to the big ring.
Shifting down seems pretty normal.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by trener1

I am running 11 speed mechanical 105.
Just had the shifter cables replaced and the front/left shifter is so stiff that I almost can't shift it.

Does the cable just need to stretch a bit? can I spray some DW40 inside the shifter or something?

How does the shifter feel w/o the cable attached to the front der? If smooth, you have drag somewhere in the 'system'...housing, under BB guide..
Internal routing?
If still w/o the cable, something is amiss with the shifter..yup, maybe spray some lube in there.

Surprising the 'LBS(?) replaced and the person let the bike go with this.