Where RapidRise fails is double-shifting of bar-ends or downtubers, which may not be a common practice for most folks. Sometimes when approaching an incline I want to shift down a chainring, which now leaves me in too low a gear in back, so now that one has to be shifted up. A faster way to do this with "normal" derailers is to push down both levers at the same time. Result: As the chain is moving to a smaller ring in front, it's also traveling to a smaller cog in back. You lose this trick with RapidRise.
Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA. On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 6:49:07 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > On 01/22/2015 09:08 PM, Kyle Brooks wrote: > > Whether its backwards or "normal" would depend on one's point of view. > > "Normal" is the "norm." The way every other modern derailleur works. > > Get used to a backwards-acting derailleur and you may be sure, it will > end in tears. They've all been discontinued, both the SunTour fronts > and the Shimano Rapid Rise. I loved the SunTour Compe V and SL. I had > them on a bunch of bikes and used them for 20 years. And then I had to > change (as you too will, sooner or later). That was 20 years ago, and > even now once every rare while, I still do it the wrong way and end up > on the granny when I meant to go to the big ring or vice versa. > > > -- 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.
