According to the late Sheldon Brown, Suntour indexed shifters generally pull less cable than Shimano indexed shifters. See: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/freewheels.html A mixed arrangement CAN work, however. A Suntour 6 speed shifter actually has an extra "click", and if used on a Shimano 7 speed cassette, should pull the right amount of cable to work. (I haven't tried this yet, since at the last minute I found a set of 7 speed indexed Shimano shifters to go with my 7-speed Shimano-compatible freewheel). But Sheldon Brown has never steered me wrong.
Peace, BB On Oct 29, 8:23 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > one other note which may bear here: friction shifters will jump cogs (in the > direction of spring tension - normal to the smaller gears, rapid rise the > reverse) if the tension in the shifter lever screw is too loose. It bears > checking when you eyeball your chain. When my Saluki started to mystery shift > from any big gear down to a middle one, I knew right away what the culprit > was. > > On the 7 & 8 speed thread: With a freewheel, I can swap any number of gears > that > will fit and of course, need no spacer. I have a 6 and a 7 speed currently in > use. Like them both. > > ________________________________ > From: William <tapebu...@gmail.com> > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 7:07:15 PM > Subject: [RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished > > My buddy Doug bought a complete bike A.H.H. off the floor at Riv HQ. > His rear cassette had two problem gears that bugged him to > distraction. I rode behind him on an S24O and it was obviously not > right. He'd shift perfectly into the 3rd cog, and as soon as he put > some real pressure on the thing, it would pop out. Only on two cogs. -- 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.
