I’m doing a cx bike for my lad on the cheap and reusing old stuff etc. I’ve got a 10 speed x5 rear mech and am trying to pair it with a 10 speed APEX lever.
Everything is going ok but does it lack indexing! No barrel on mech and I can’t see anything on the lever!
Have I dropped a clanger?
It does shift Ok’ish but needs indexing.
Help ... just tell me if I’m being thick and missing something.
Yes you've dropped a clanger. You can get intra cable barrel adjusters but they're not great and have a habit of seizing IME. yes in theory it should work but that lack of tensioning is a PITA. I know this from experience with the same shifter and a gx rear mech with Exact Actuation and no barrel adjuster. It's never quite right. Sacked it off and bought a Sram Apex 1 rear mech, which works absolutely fine.
Ah, as I thought. I'll pick an inline adjuster up from my lbs and give it a go first.