>From https://www.rivbike.com/products/cassettes-7 :
*Jim 7 speed cassettes, made by former SRAM people in China* Backstory Stuff: On getting these from China; and indexing with these When SRAM took its manufacturing from China to Taiwan, probably but who are we to say, to avoid the raised tariffs, it left a colony of Chinese designers, engineers, marketers, and assembly people out of work but still chock full of skills and rarin' to go again. Out of the original batch came at least three new brands: MicroNew, S-Ride, and Sensah, each with its own areas of specialization. For 27 years we sold nothing made in China. COVID has made it impossible to source only from Japan or Taiwan while continue equipping bicycles on time and with the kind of stuff we like. We have nurtured what seems to be a good relationship with some Chinese vendors, and guess what--if they can make Apple products, they can make bike parts. Equally, they're eager to do so, at a time when most Taiwan vendor will laugh your pants off and tell you to leave the room if you want something new, even if it's right up their alley, and furthermore, if you want it within three years. These 7-speed cassettes are made by S-Ride. INDEXING We're not an R&D lab, but we dissect things and learn about them deeply, from a bike rider's and bike mechanic's perspective, and purely as a matter of curiosity, Vince and Rich here combines brains and discovered how to make 9-speed indexed shifters work seemingly perfectly with these 7s cassettes. The following instructions are intended for those with mechanical skills and sufficient experience with fussy indexed drivetrains. Here's all you do, baby: Put the chain in top gear (big front, small rear), with the big paddle fresh and the cable loose. Click twice, essentially wasting the first two clicks. THEN tighten and snug the cable, The next seven clicks seem to shift perfectly. Your results may vary, but it worked great here. We still recommend these for friction shifting...or if you happen to have some dusty, cruddy, eBay'd 7s indexed shifters, try them. On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 10:26:30 AM UTC-4 fiddl...@gmail.com wrote: > So what's the lowdown on S-Ride? Are they the manufacturer of the new Riv > 7s cassettes? And how does their stuff compare to other budget drivetrain > options like SunRace & Microshift? > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 12:57:54 AM UTC-4 Luke Hendrickson wrote: > >> S-Ride stuff is great for the price! Admittedly I just started working >> for Jim at Merry Sales/Soma Fab so take that with a grain of salt… >> >> On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 8:18:57 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: >> >>> I mentioned this on my immediately irrelevant "Double 1x" thread cuz I >>> pulled that drivetrain, but nobody's going to read it there. You can read >>> it here! >>> >>> If friction isn't your thing but you like the idea of those 7-speed Jim >>> cassettes, S Ride makes a cheap and functional trigger shifter for it. Save >>> weight and money with a plastic shifter! >>> >>> >>> -- 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/8222b5ff-cfd8-4509-8d6b-9fb12e5fa161n%40googlegroups.com.
