Do you have an opposite-rise derailer you can try on this bike? My uninformed wild guess is that Nexave has an unusually strong spring which is causing 'too easy one way, too hard the other' shifting.
On Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 8:06:29 AM UTC-7 Richard Rose wrote: > Hello all. So I have replaced my rear der. cable (frayed/broken at > shifter) for the second time in 2K miles. This time using the tabbed washer > (per Collin's suggestion) reversed and rotated to serve as a stop so that > the shifter cannot rotate too far forward (easier gear with Rapid Rise) > pinching said cable. I have questions regarding proper cable adjustment as > my shifting just is not up to my expectations. In short, shifting is > sloppy. I am using a 2 x 7 drivetrain with Silver wide/low crank & Jim > cassette with vintage Nexave Rapid Rise rear der. Front shifter works > flawlessly, nice and crisp requiring very little pressure on shifter. Rear > shifting is less perfect. When holding the Silver shifter in my hand (not > installed on bike) it has this beautifully smooth racheting action and > feel. Installed it is rubbery. Shifting to largest cog does not require > moving shifter all of the way forward. In fact, with largest cog engaged > shifter can still move forward but does nothing. That's good as it does not > overshift sending chain into spokes! But, the extra play just feels sloppy. > The beauty of the Rapid Rise is the ease of shifting into a lower gear, > especially going uphill. But this is too easy. It takes very little > movement of shifter to fly through all seven gears. Going in opposite > direction (large to small cogs) is another matter. That wonderfully smooth > ratcheting action is largely gone and ther is far too much travel and > effort to shift to each smaller cog. I can get to all seven gears but it is > anything but crisp & my thumb is almost not long enough to move shifter > enough to get that smallest cog. In contrast, my Clem with same shifters > and 9 speed rear der. (not rapid rise) shifts with more precision and less > travel. > What might I be doing wrong? > Thanks in advance for any help. > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/24048637-94ec-4811-b996-c56c3f8e78fdn%40googlegroups.com.
