On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 05:01 -0700, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > I should point out... this was my first decent-length ride with Silver > shifters, not friction. I rode with friction shifting for most of a decade as > a teenager. Rode a lot, actually, compared to normal kid riding. While > shifting then was never a big problem, it was something that I always to be > better. Basically, I danced with friction while wanting indexing. > > Obviously Silvers are better than those shifters from my youth. And it's > possible I too could get better at friction shifting now. But in comparing > them directly now, even with Silvers, I still find I like dancing with > indexing. Its small downsides are outweighed by its continually repeating > upsides.. Friction has technical merit in a world where index-compatibility > is non-trivial to acquire. And perhaps there are riding styles or needs that > I don't have that friction serves better. But for me friction's upsides are > basically aesthetic and as of now don't overwhelm indexing's overall appeal. > I might get better at it and/or might increase my desire for the aesthetics. > I'll get in a few hundred miles of practice in the next few weeks.
If you're having problems they may be related to the difference in chains and sprockets now vs in your youth. In those days, you let up on pedal pressure when downshifting; now I find you get a better, more positive downshift if you /increase/ pedal pressure during the downshift. -- 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.
