Had this same issue on two bikes running Silver shifters. My Crust Lightning Bolt (w/ 8spd cassette) and my wife's Hillborne. Many broken plastic washers and tubes of loctite later, the only real fix was replacing the shifters. I went with Campy shift/brake levers and we put Dura-ace bar ends on the Hillborne. I highly recommended those for friction use.
On Monday, January 6, 2025 at 10:45:30 AM UTC-5 meti...@gmail.com wrote: > Your thoughts on a skipping/slipping/floating chain and gear, please. > > In late November 2024. I received my newly built up Platypus from C&L > Cycles in Montreal. I love it beyond description. However, there’s one very > frustrating issue that I can’t figure out and wonder what insight you > friends might have about it. > > From the get-go, the gears have slipped. Yes, I’m using friction Silver > Shifters, and I’ve spent a lot of time eliminating myself as the problem > here. But I’ve ALWAYS used friction shifters on every bike (other than my > Clem) and I’m not a klutz, and I’ve tried really really hard to be land > these gear changes, but this problem just keeps happening. I’ve put > probably 200 miles on the Platypus and I’ve not taken a single ride on it > that this has not been a problem. > > The issue occurs on the rear 9-gear cassette and almost always in the > highest 3 gears…especially when going uphill or cresting a hill, but not > always. > > Sometimes the chain seems to simply float EVEN WHEN I’M NOT PEDALING, and > then it lands wherever it wants without my touching the shifter. > > This is driving me nuts because I adore this bicycle and this problem is > making me lose trust. It’s not safe to ride in the kind of traffic I ride. > > I’ve taken the bike to my local bike shop, and we’ve changed the chain, > but the issue continues. > > (I’m pretty sure no one at the bike shop is actually riding the Playtpus > very far, which is disappointing…because I’m convinced that if they ride it > far enough they would experience the problem. But I can’t force them to > take it for a long ride in cold and sloppy weather, so now I’m considering > next moves.) > > Does anyone know of any issues like this with the Silver Shifters? I’m > considering replacing them with Shimano. Or maybe a new cassette? Maybe an > 8-gears cassette—which is what I have on my trusty Atlantis and with which > I’ve never had an issue with shifting. > > I sent an email to Rivendell yesterday, which they should read some time > today, but I thought I might get somewhere with this group, too. > > Liz (who probably isn’t a klutz, but the thought still lingers that it > might be me but it’s not), snowbound in Cincinnati > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/da8d73f6-9f81-4f66-8ebc-661c40fff4a2n%40googlegroups.com.
