On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:00 PM, CycloFiend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > > One thing that on-the-brake shifting systems brought with them was cogsets > which were much less finicky to shifting under load. That seems to have led > to folks who _expect_ flawless shifting under load. They try to throw 3 or > 5 > gears without letting up a bit... Generally it's a good idea to ID those > folks fast, so you don't get stuck behind them on a hill. The last time I used indexed shifting was, I think, circa May, 2000, on a junket (accompanying my ex wife, who as a doctor got paid to go on it) to Aspen, where I whiled away the time on mountain bike tours. I rented a generic indexed mtb, and I was wholly amazed at how well the thing shifted: no skill needed, let along finesse. Just plug away up a steep hill and shove the shifter, right or left, and "click, clank", the chain would go where it was meant to go. Pretty amazing. But so #$(*&^! boring!! I, even now, have in my very garage a Goodwill find, an old Alivio six speed indexed thumbshifter Giant Outpost, and this, too, shifts by gosh and be damned to everything: as soon as you shove the lever (in this case, old fashion above bar thumbshifters), the bits perform their alloted roles. I must admire such technical perfection, even though I have no use for it, since I grew up learning to shift with (seriatim) Huret Alvit (actually, not bad), tensioned-rod Benelux (two cogs only), and Plastic Simplex Prestige. But I do feel sorry for the chumps who came virgin and cherry to cycling after such perfect indexing became the norm. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
