The ratcheting system basically allows you to keep the shift lever nice and tight without making the lever hard to move; this by allowing the friction to retard only in the direction of the derailleurs' spring pull. This means that you can make a Silver nice and tight -- tight enough to prevent any ghost shifting from lever slippage while keeping the levers' movement light enough for ease of use. With your basic non-ratcheting shift lever, like the old Record type, you can tighten them down plenty tight to prevent slippage and thus ghost shifting, but the lever will be hard to move. (I know that Records tend to come loose, too, but that is not the relevant point here.)
The principal benefit of Silvers and Simplexes and such is not that they prevent slipping -- any lever can be adjusted to prevent slipping -- but that when they are properly tightened they still allow a wonderful light touch. The length of the Silver lever makes this light touch even lighter, as does the small barrel of the Simplex Retrofriction (which never slipped for me -- if it did, I'd just tighten the screws some more). On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Michael <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So this ratchetting keeps the lever in place? >> Does that mean no ghost shifting will occur with a Silver Shifter? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
