8 speeds on a Shimano 105 long cage derailler. It's got some miles but I've been seeing this issue since it was new...— William Sent from my iPhone
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you shifting 8 or 9? Perhaps it's technique? While I happily shift 9 > and even 10 with friction shifters, I know that it *does* require a fine > touch and just a wee bit of misalignment can cause slippage. > FWIW, when I shifted 10 (very crisply, I might add) with Simplex > Retrofrictions, the cable ran through a Rivendellian molded-in cable groove > and I felt no ill effect at all from that manner of routing. > All that said, how many miles on what sort of RD? Could the derailleur's > pivots be sloppy? > This does not apply to your case, but in case it's of interest to anyone > else: I build my own cogsets from out-of-series cogs and I've found that > some adjacent cogs just don't play nice together -- this happens even with > 7 speed cogsets. When it last happened on the Fargo's home-made 9, I > replaced the -- I think it was -- #4 from the outside, a 16, and shifts to > and from the middle/5 17 were crisper and the ghost shifting stopped. The > Fargo has Silver BES. > Incidentally, I've never swapped pulleys and I've never had problems, > either. > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 10:52 AM, William! <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> My Atlantis has had occasional ghost shifting issues since I first built >> it up. Usually when standing up to pedal, only in the middle cogs (highest >> and lowest cog are fine). >> >> Things I've tried: >> >> - The whole drive train has been replaced a few times as I've worn it >> out. I've learned the hard way and keep a careful eye on chain stretch and >> tooth wear. So the problem is probably not the drive train. >> - The silver bar end shifters are tight, probably tighter than needed. >> I've tried beeswax, replacing the plastic thingies. Pretty sure they are >> not slipping, the problem is probably not in the shifters. >> - Tried using a cable liner along the bottom bracket shell. The thing >> tends to slip up and become useless after a few dozen shifts and I don't >> think it is making a difference even when properly aligned. The problem >> could be here. >> >> At this point I'm thinking it's the frame – either the bottom bracket >> shell cable routing or excessive frame flex. I'm thinking of tapping the >> bottom bracket shell to install a proper cable route. 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