I can't explain the details well (or at all), but it sounds like you have the base the shifter mounts to in the wrong orientation. Try remounting with the little nubby part on the base in a different spot.
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:22:01 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: > I just put a Suntour Cyclone derailleur and a 9 speed cluster on my Gravel > Roadster, which had been a singlespeed. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/philipwilliamson/9089710197/ > > I'm trying to shift it with a Shimano 7 speed barcon, and I'm only > getting 6 speeds out of it in friction. Is there a modification (I have a > dremel and very little natural fear - is there a tab I can cut off?) I can > do, or should I swap in the front shifter? The front has a lot of range, > and it's redundant, since I'm shifting the front chainrings with a stick > right now. > Do I need to get a 9 speed shifter on there? Everything I see in a cursory > search is people trying to shift fewer cogs with a wider range shifter. > ("how is that even challenging?") > > I'm using a Suntour bar-end shifter on my mountain bike's 9 speed cluster > pretty successfully, which is why I thought this experiment might work. > > Philip > www.biketinker.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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
