Has anyone tried NOT changing the second position 13 for a 1st position 13?
My Atlantis came with an 11-32 8 speed, which features some pretty weird jumps. After riding it for a while, I tossed the 11 & 18, and dropped in a 17 & 19 from a 7 speed HG. Final product was 13-15-17-19-21-24-28-32, which worked great for touring with the Riv standard 24-36-46 rings. Like Steve, I wear out the ones in the middle, so a while back I took a new Shimano 13-26, dropped the 14, 23 & 26 & re-used the old 24-28-32. The weird thing was the shift from 13 to 15 (new cogs from the same new cassette) was dodgy. So I swapped out the new, 1st position 13 for the old 2nd position 13, and things worked much better. Weird. I see Harris has a new 11-28 8 speed where I could just use my old 32, toss the 11 & leave everything else alone to get my preferred gearing. The question is what is special about the 1st postion cog? dougP dougP On Nov 21, 12:45 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 14:43 -0500, Seth Vidal wrote: > > Thanks for the details. The cassettes you get are miche cassettes, I > > assume > > No, Shimano Ultegra 12-27s. You customize the 12-27 into a 13-30 by > removing the 1st position 12 and the 13, replace with a 1st position 13 > and add a flat 30 behind the 27. > > > with a few cogs changed out in them? Does this also mean it is > > possible to replace a specific cog if one wears more than usual (for > > example a cruising gear you use a lot). > > Unfortunately, no. I tend to wear the 15, 17, 19 and 21 all about the > same, and when they wear they skip under the load of standing, and > shifting also becomes imprecise. -- 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.
