I've been thinking of switching too. I find that in nyc I'm always on my large chainring and would like a higher gear for the down hills around the park. I currently have a 12-27 9 and would like to switch to an 11-something, but am not what. 11-28? Any suggestions?
On Apr 22, 8:20 pm, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > What did Grant say? I paraphrase, Seven is heaven, eight is great, > nine is fine, 10 is a little over the top don't you think? > > On Apr 22, 2:49 pm, avillage <avill...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > Zack, I agree with your change to an 8. I have a 9 with Silver > > Shifters (I don't think the shifters make a difference) and I will > > likely go to 8. The range is too tight and I find that I overshift...I > > simply don't need a nine. My experience is that 8 with friction shift > > works great. > > > Jeff > > > On Apr 21, 9:13 pm, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thank you all for your help. I did attempt to do some searching > > > before posting this, just FYI for you guys, but I was having a hard > > > time finding anything discussing how to change from 10 TO 9. > > > > I am going to swap my 10 speed cassette for an 8 and go for it. > > > > -Zack > > > > On Apr 21, 12:01 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Zack: before if fixie-d it, my last Riv had a 10 sp cassette very nicely > > > > shifted with a Retrofriction dt shifter. It shifted better with 10 than > > > > the > > > > 8 that I tried. > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Zack <zack...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi All: > > > > > > I am currently re-evaluating the shifting setup i have on my bike. I > > > > > have STI shimano 105 shifters, and a 10 speed casette. > > > > > > I would like to begin using friction shifters, and asked at my LBS > > > > > about this, and they explained that friction shifting does not work > > > > > well with the 10 speed setup. > > > > > > I want to move to bar-ends no matter what, as the STI's just don't > > > > > really suit me, and they suggested indexed bar ends. > > > > > > Is converting the 10 speed to 9 speed as easy as swapping out the > > > > > casette? > > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -Zack > > > > > -- > > > > Patrick Moore > > > > Albuquerque, NM > > > > Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.com- Hide quoted > > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
