Ya, i could see how that would be a problem. Could happen with indexed too, if not adjusted properly but far less likely.
I think if I was deaf I'd go single speed. Lots less pressure. :D On Sep 5, 6:34 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:28 PM, beth h<periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 5, 3:44 pm, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And it's too bad no one bought the tooling for the original Suntour > >> Power Ratchet Thumbshifters ... > > > Hear, hear! I have them on my Xtracycle and the stem-mount roadie > > version on my touring bike. Smooth as silk. > > What we need is an aggressive campaign to bring back friction shifting > > for the masses. > > I've got no problem with friction shifting but yesterday I realized > why it would never work for my partner. Since I've been off the bike > for a while now she decided she wanted to try riding my atlantis and I > decided I wanted to see if she liked it. So she took it out for a > little spin and shifted. Now, my partner is completely deaf and while > I'm standing there watching her get comfortable I'm hearing 'clank > clank clank clank' as the derailler is not quite lined up. Made me say > 'hmmm'. Here's a situation where friction just isn't going to work so > well. > > There's a lot of friction shifting which requires some amount of > hearing. And as much as someone tells me "its about feeling it" I > think they are full of crap that it isn't about hearing it, too. > > -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
