Shifting problems

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Hello all, I am new to Cycling Forums and am in need of your expertise. I have a 2003 Gary Fisher Wahoo and am having problems with the front derailleur. It is equiped as follows: Shimano Acera rear derailleur + EF29 shifters + C050 front derailleur. Now to the problem. When I go to shift from 1st to 2nd on the front sometimes it will go fine and most of the time it will not, I have to actually press and hold the shifter above the 2 position until it decides to finally kick up to that gear, same for 3rd. I have tried adjusting the high limit with little to no success. I have removed tension from the shifter cable with it in 1st gear, no success. Does anyone have any techniques or comments of guidance on what I could be doing wrong?:confused: :confused:

btw sorry for posting in 2 forums but i accidently posted in the wrong one :\

Originally posted by Daveyiv
Hello all, I am new to Cycling Forums and am in need of your expertise. I have a 2003 Gary Fisher Wahoo and am having problems with the front derailleur. It is equiped as follows: Shimano Acera rear derailleur + EF29 shifters + C050 front derailleur. Now to the problem. When I go to shift from 1st to 2nd on the front sometimes it will go fine and most of the time it will not, I have to actually press and hold the shifter above the 2 position until it decides to finally kick up to that gear, same for 3rd. I have tried adjusting the high limit with little to no success. I have removed tension from the shifter cable with it in 1st gear, no success. Does anyone have any techniques or comments of guidance on what I could be doing wrong?:confused: :confused:

btw sorry for posting in 2 forums but i accidently posted in the wrong one :\

sorry that im not familiar with the model of shifters that you have
but loosening the tension on the front gear cable would only make it more difficult to shift into the larger front chainrings.
one problem that you may have is that the front der. isn't aligned correctly with the chainrings. should i say not parallel with the chainrings,
then the second maybe that the height position of the der. over the chainrings could also be giving you problems.