The alfine IGH bar ends work the same way but I had rapid rise in the past so it was pretty easy transition. On Jan 22, 2015 9:08 PM, "Kyle Brooks" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shimano called it "Rapid Rise" but others call it "low normal" -- > Basically, the derailleur's spring carries it to the largest cog, i.e. the > lowest gear. So its "normal" position would be on the lowest gear - hence > "low normal." And since the spring tension is helping the derailleur to the > larger cogs, it makes those shifts a little faster or easier. > > Whether its backwards or "normal" would depend on one's point of view. But > it's also worth noting that Shimano certainly didn't invent it, even if > they came up with a catchy name for it. The first slant parallelogram > derailleur, the SunTour Grand-Prix of 1964, was also a low-normal > derailleur. > > Kyle Brooks > Akron, OH > > On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 4:48:24 PM UTC-5, Jim Bronson wrote: >> >> Are those the ones that shift backwards?, eg, cable pull puts it in a >> smaller cog and cable push puts it in a larger cog? >> >> I tried searching Wikipedia but I got a bunch of hits about baker's >> yeast. LOL. >> >> -- >> Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
