On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 11:44 -0800, William wrote: > There were two things I disliked about the SunRace thumbshifters on my > wife's Yves Gomez > > 1. Can't get the clamp tight enough. On CroMo Alba bars, they slip > and slide. Maybe with Aluminum bars they could dig in and hold. the > wimpy steel clamp just doesn't hold well
Isn't there a problem with the handlebar diameter? > 2. The friction force is not strong enough for some derailers. The > left shifter couldn't hold a Suntour X-1 derailer in place. The > derailer would gradually drift down to the small chainring. No > quantity of tightening got it to hold. I had to switch front > derailers to an old SRAM with a linear spring, which happened to be > weak enough that the shifter could hold it. Is there a friction adjustment? A screw or D-ring to crank down? -- 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-bunch@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.
