I have to report the same shifting issues that are being mentioned regarding the Clems as built by Riv. In terms of what I am used to regarding gears, I have ridden it all with the exception of 11-speed. I mostly ride 6, 7, 8 speed friction these days.
I haven't yet had much time to try to figure out what is going on, but it will suddenly shift, skip, or grind under a moderate pedal load (not even a hill). Always find myself trimming both shifters, and starting to tense in anticipation of a problem. I also feel like it does not play very well in the big/big combo, which I realize is a cross but thought I would be fine with modern 8 speed, negating the need to shift into the little ring, which for me is only for serious hills or when towing my Burley, not yet installed. Even though other issues that kept me off the Clem have been squared away, I have not been riding it a lot lately, mainly because I have yet to rack it or dyno-light it. So the Big Dummy is getting the depths of winter daily commuting duties. And that has way longer chainstays than the Clementine. And nary a shifting problem, 3x8. It's kind of disappointing because one big draw for me about the Clem was the complete, don't need to think about it, good decent Riv approved parts selection. And yet here I am thinking about it. On Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 6:44:18 PM UTC-5, Tim Wood wrote: > > > The real issue is this shifting, it's starting to drive me nuts. ... > > I started thinking about it and wondered if the long chain stays played a > roll in this scenario? > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
