I'm really glad to see this discussion about the Shimano RD's. Some years ago I bought a used Atlantis from Tom Hill at Hyawatha. When I started riding the bike I was disconcerted by the fact that the deraileurs worked the opposite from what I was used to. Pushing the levers away resulted in thing springing to a bigger gear. I thought of changing the mechanism to solve the "problem" but I'm lazy, the thing worked fine, so I just adapted. I probably ride the Atlantis more, day in day out, than any of my other bikes. So, what does one call the reverse action deraileur? Do I understand from the thread that Shimano has dropped this device from the line-up or is it the opposite? This is probably the kind of thing that I should know w/o asking but most of my bikes are vintage things with relatively crude shifting mechanisms. In my defense, however, I do know a lot about Cambio Corsa shifters. GeorgeS
On Feb 3, 3:46 pm, Rick <richardholc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > A year or more ago, my rambunctious golden retrievers knocked over the > Atlantis, which was politely drying in the afternoon sun after a nice > bath. The derailer hanger bent, and it totaled my original derailer, > which was the now-discontinued rapid rise version. I admonished the > dogs, and substituted with shimano's current high normal equivalent, > consoling myself with the thought that I'd adjust to pulling my silver > shifters up to go to a lower gear, just as I had quickly gotten used > to pushing down for same when that reverse action came around. > > I never did. Maybe the little fellow needed some fine tuning, but my > real objection was, I suspect, somewhat more conceptual: lifting that > shifter up to ascend to a higher gear had come to make more sense > somehow. (That, and I still have one of the rapid rise fellows on the > bleriot, so I wasn't able to completely block out the past > experience.) > > So, through the magik of the intertubes, I procured and mounted the > rapid rise model back on the Atlantis. The difference is remarkable > for me, and I am most happy with my reversion to the reverse-action. I > suppose I should get some more before the ether swallows all > examples. > > That having been said, I have a question on another, tangentially- > related subject: when at rest, Atlantis sits on a two-legged > kickstand, and with a decent load pops a static wheelie. On a sloping > surface, those handlebars swing round with a vengeance, and if the > rear load's uneven, the resulting weight shift threatens to topple > all. > > So -- what do you call/where can I get one of those rotation-limiting > devices that prevent the full swing-around on the bars? I've seen > them in photos posted by a couple of you touring types, I believe. > And maybe I should lop several centimeters off the kickstand legs to > decrease the wheelie effect? > > Rick. -- 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.
