sram x5 adjustment help :( nwburbs

[BikingCivic]

I spent about 2 hours trying to get my components tuned with no luck. I watched a couple you tubes vids and I just can't get it going . I was having front derailleur problems with the chain rubbing and the back of it rubbing the tire.
I live in lake in the hills, if your not far I can come to you...I can bring some summer shandys and you could giove me a mini lesson on adjustments.

Thanks!

[black_box]

how old are the cables and housings on the bike? when they start to wear out they don't adjust properly, then they break.  Have any changes been made to the bike? why the need for adjustments?

[BikingCivic]

Brand new bike. I ordered a Airborne Guardian 29er,..  I kept hearing the chain rub against the front derailleur...I thought I could figure it out. I only made it worse... :/ only put prolly 50 miles on it...

[machinetwelve]

Yeah, I suck at making deraileur adjustments. I don't even think I know how to spell deraileur. Luckily the mechanics at my local bike shop are pretty friendly and have had me come in plenty of times with a botched repair. However, I'm gonna keep trying to do these repairs on my own and one day I'll get it right. If you end up taking it in to a shop be sure and ask plenty of questions. A good shop will be able to tell you what you were doing wrong and what the issue is. Most of the stuff I've learned about bike repair has been from doing it the wrong way first.

[rallymaniac]

I'm in elgin which may or may not be out of your way. If you want to stop by one day in the evening I can help you out. If it's a brand new bike then most likely you can tune it in 10 minutes with almost no wrench work.