My beef with Rapid Rise is it eliminates a cool shifting procedure: pushing both shifters the same direction so you can drop down to a smaller (easier) front ring and smaller (harder) rear cog at the same time. Often, when dropping to a smaller front ring, the gearing change is too dramatic and causes spinout. If you can move to one higher gear in the back at the same you grab a lower one in front, it makes the ratio change narrower. Very simple and natural when both shifters are moved the same direction.
On May 24, 7:26 pm, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Ginz <theg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Assuming the thumbies will be indexed and positioned on top of the > > bar, will I be able to flick the right lever forward? If so, wouldn't > > I want that motion to be a shift to a larger cog? If I can only shift > > the lever in one direction without taking my hand off the bar, > > wouldn't I want that to be a downshift? When I am looking for an > > easier gear (ie. riding up hill in the wrong gear), I'm thinking I > > won't want to take my hand off the bar. For this reason, is a top- > > normal der more appropriate? > > Assuming indexed thumbies, on the tops of the bars, using a Rapid Rise > rear derailleur will do the opposite of what you want. That is, > pushing the right lever forward will cause the bike to go into a > higher gear. My wife's bike is set up this way (with a Rapid Rise rear > derailleur) and that's how it works. > > Horace. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
