I had that "granularity" in the Shimano 8-speed bar ends on my Rambouillet in friction mode. It was clear enough of a position defining-feeling, even though there were many more of them than gears, that I occasionally stopped short of a good clean shift by their distraction. They got benched in lieu of some black Suntour 7-speed AccuShift levers in friction mode. Smooth.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, March 10, 2014 7:52:52 PM UTC-4, ted wrote: > > I haven't tried the silvers I have with a 9sp cassette, but I do think the > granularity of control they yield is a bit coarser than what I get from > some old suntour acushift 7/8sp levers. I was using those older levers with > 9sp successfully for a while until I got a new Suntour XCD to sub out my > old xc-pro rd, and went back to indexing with shimano levers. > > On Monday, March 10, 2014 11:58:41 AM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: >> >> Jim, >> >> Is this specific to Silver shifters or is it something that is relatively >> common with a mix of friction and 9-speed cassettes? My bike has a >> 9-speed cassette and those cheap thumb shifters that RBW sells and >> sometimes I get frequent ghost shifts, even under a very easy pedaling load. >> >> >> On Sunday, April 1, 2012 3:03:20 PM UTC-5, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery >> wrote: >> >>> I'd tend to look at the silver shifters as the culprit, especially if >>> you're running a 9sp cassette. There's enough "slop" between clicks in the >>> ratchet system in those shifters that even if the shifter is tight enough, >>> derailleur/chain placement will be imprecise in some gears. In that case, a >>> tiny amount of frame-flex-induced cable pull may tip it into an adjacent >>> gear. This would be less likely with 7/8sp cassettes. >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
