One more assertion: I *don't* think that low-normal has many real advantages over high normal. At least, I didn't experience any. What are the supposed benefits of low normal, besides riding home in a 30" gear instead of a 100" gear in the 1-in-1000 chance that your rd cable breaks on the road? (And, y'know, there are derailleur movement limit screws.)
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 8:44 AM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Rapid Rise LX rd on my 2010 Sam Hillborne was one of the best shifting > (friction, Silver shifters) rds I've ever used, but I swapped it out for a > less-well-shifting 8-speed-era XT rd because decades of habituation to > high-normal derailleurs made it awkward to use. Fortunately I found a > Microshift "normal" rd that shifted fully as well as the LX. > > My opinion: people are used to high-normal and low-normal hasn't been > around in sufficient quantity to become an alternative standard. > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 11:08 PM <sam.perez.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> Why is there so little info on rapid rise RD and why is it so polarizing. >> Sources include bike snob grants blog and random internet sources. >> Takeaways were finicky and needing frequent adjustment but also great >> concept and easy down shifting. Any experience thoughts insights? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/FE5314FC-0650-4125-86F5-015BA610517D%40gmail.com >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguNgWQD_eJyQ23wuN7_8Q3b4xXsp4X3L6SP5OtZBgiPNA%40mail.gmail.com.
