Thanks Jim. RBW's suggestion was to buy more shifters. The Loose Screws link got my brain juices flowin' though. I first tried a spring from some dropout adjusting screws. Too wide. Then I started taking apart cheapo ball point pens and found a narrow enough spring. With a little trimming I was back in business and even got in a ride!
-Jay Asheville, NC On Apr 4, 3:18 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 4/4/09 9:50 AM, J. Burkhalter at burk...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > > > I recently moved my Silver barend shifters to the downtube. I like > > the setup just fine, but I was getting ghost shifts on the front and > > rear when I stand and crank out of the saddle (no problems ever with > > the setup as barends). I know others have had similar issues, and so > > before posting questions here I decided to tinker a bit and make sure > > I had everything setup correctly and had tried all the fixes I had > > read about over on iBOB. > > > Well, in the process, I seemed to have launched the little spring > > holding the micro ratchet into never-never land. Can't find it. > > Gone. So instead of asking questions about the appropriateness of > > moving barend Silvers to the downtube (same washers?, they look to be > > different on the RBW website), I now just want to find a replacement > > spring so I can go ride. > > RBW Weekend hours: Saturdays 10-4 > > I've give 'em a call. 800-345-3918 > > Loose Screws doesn't show one specifically, but again, they may be able to > recommend something if Riv doesn't have or can't get one. > > http://loosescrews.com/index.cgi?c=Shifter&id=231443523224 > > You might also try trolling with a magnet. I've got a few of them and have > found some important fiddly errant bits over the years. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Send In Your Photos! - Here's how:http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines > > "There were messengers who named their bikes, but Chevette never would have > done that, and somehow because she did think about it like it was something > alive." > > William Gibson - "Virtual Light" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
