Consider the source Rich ... always consider the source ! Grant LOVES rapid rise shifting, so I'd expect him to say only glowing things about whatever the setup may be. He's also a salesman of course ! As for the narrow chain , considering how the cog arrangements are engineered for effortless moving from cog to cog, a narrower chain isn't going to effect that, especially with friction. I've used a 9-speed chain on my 7-speed Sachs and I didn't notice any difference to speak of. At first you might be tempted to feel for every little nuance of difference but after a while you forget all that in the pulse of the ride.
The minute and seemingly restrictive difference in all of the indexed drivetrains is because of just that, the indexing. For friction use as long as the cable pull is the same the chain doesn't know or care what's labelled as what as long as it has some teeth to grab hold of ! That's all...... "gimme some teeth to grab !" If the chain doesn't care neither should we ! On Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 12:38:35 PM UTC-4 RichS wrote: > In Will's latest news update Grant talks about his newest Clem. In it he > describes the "really good, great, best shifting" with his wide-spaced 7 > speed cassette / 10 speed chain combination. That makes me curious how much > the Nexave Rapid Rise derailer might influence the shifting? Especially > from one who has never used a narrow chain on his 7 and 8 speed cassettes > with Deore LX derailers. > > Best, > Rich in ATL > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/45e2ef02-9c54-449a-82b9-468cec23be11n%40googlegroups.com.
