I run friction on both my bikes - 3x9 and 1x11. I like being able to get things perfectly dialed so my drivetrain is silent. I know you can get that with an indexed system, but it's nice to know I never have to worry about it failing. Once you spend some time with friction you'll be able to shift cleanly every time.
I think one of the beauties about friction is the ability to shift multiple cogs in one swift, quiet motion. This can be of huge benefit on the trail, but one needs to maintain momentum to do it. One of the keys to smooth friction shifting (especially in the direction of larger cogs) is letting a little pressure off the drivetrain. Grant's motto, or somebody's and something like it, is "off at 5, on at 12." This refers to one of your feet - your favorite. When it is at about 5 o'clock let off on its downward pressure, shift and then reapply pressure to the pedal once back at the 12 o'clock position. After a while, this process takes no thought at all. This trick along with muscle memory in the thumb will lead to smoother and smoother shifting over time. On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 4:56:21 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > Have you tried adjusting cable tension? Usually, reluctance to shift to > higher gears indicates excessive cable tension. If that was the case, > you'd expect pretty snappy downshifting. On the other hand, > "semi-responsive" to downshift, "reluctant" to upshift sounds like the > whole thing is sluggish. Is there excessive friction in the cable run? > Gunk in the plastic cable guide doohickey under the bottom bracket? Crud > in the housing loop at the rear derailleur? Poorly finished housing ends > casing cable drag? > > > On 4/10/19 6:44 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote: > > My demo Gus Boots came with XT 1x11 indexing. I am impressed so far with how > it shifts except for a few things: 1. though it shifts semi-responsively to > lower gears, shifting to higher gears is reluctant; 2. it requires coaxing to > get into the highest gear. I’m unsure how to solve that. With friction, it > would be easy, but I doubt an 11x and friction play well together and it may > not even be an option. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > -- > Steve Palincsar > Alexandria, Virginia > USA > > -- 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.
