True, but you can do that with indexed bar end and downtube shifters, too.
On 4/10/19 10:23 PM, Teague Scott wrote:
I think one of the beauties about friction is the ability to shift
multiple cogs in one swift, quiet motion. This can be of huge benefit
on the trail, but one needs to maintain
I run friction on both my bikes - 3x9 and 1x11. I like being able to get
things perfectly dialed so my drivetrain is silent. I know you can get that
with an indexed system, but it's nice to know I never have to worry about
it failing. Once you spend some time with friction you'll be able to shif
Thank you, Eric, for that Park video link. I got my 11x dialed in, at least as
far as a test ride up and down the block goes, and I now have all 11 gears and
all 11 are behaving. I may actually have a handle on how to adjust this
indexing insanity in the field now. Grin.
Steve, you called it, t
His precise instructions to the cool production and editing touches,
that Park Tools videos is very good all around!
On Thursday, 11 April 2019 08:11:43 UTC-7, Eric Myers wrote:
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> I've mostly ridden older bikes which came to me in good shape so I just
> rode them as they came, after I cleaned
I've mostly ridden older bikes which came to me in good shape so I just
rode them as they came, after I cleaned them, replaced rubber parts and
sometimes cables/housing, and gave them a tuneup. In all this time I only
had one bike with indexed shifting (and a derailleur). It worked OK, but
te
Shifting like everything . There's no going-getting-it "wrong" OR
"right" There's just Going Riding along . Any shifts within
the Ride are the very Identical Ride Itself. The Ride Riding(shifting)
the Ride.
Oh yes "what about me, the rider" ? Ahahaahahah
When I assembled my first Riv 2 years ago, I bought Microshift 9 speed
shifters from HQ along with the frame and other parts. Mounted them on the
inside of handlebar, so rear was friction and front was indexed. This
shifter had no option to switch between. Ran this setup for a year with no
is
Have you tried adjusting cable tension? Usually, reluctance to shift to
higher gears indicates excessive cable tension. If that was the case,
you'd expect pretty snappy downshifting. On the other hand,
"semi-responsive" to downshift, "reluctant" to upshift sounds like the
whole thing is slugg
My demo Gus Boots came with XT 1x11 indexing. I am impressed so far with how it
shifts except for a few things: 1. though it shifts semi-responsively to lower
gears, shifting to higher gears is reluctant; 2. it requires coaxing to get
into the highest gear. I’m unsure how to solve that. With fri
Prior to a group ride last night I spoke with a an early arriving rider who
not only made me feel alien for a steel frame but was amazed at the danger
I courted for not having brifters. He felt bar end shifters were more
dangerous than DT levers. I did not tell him they were friction.
He asked
At a race my company promoted and operated BITD, a young rider hot out of
triathlons in Texas named Lance was riding a mash-up of bar end shifter for
the front derailleur and an STI lever for the rear. He preferred the
infinite trim available to the friction bar end that the STI couldn't
match.
"I like the idea of doing it myself, and I don't want a machine to take it
over for me!"
As I get older I also find myself leaning more toward simple over complex.
Complex can be wonderfully convenient until it fails, and I've had two
indexing failures. My first shifter fail was 9-sp Campy Ch
I think both have their place. The analogy I used is digital versus
analogue audio. I love my turn table and records but by golly I love the
precision and convenience of my digital setup too.
I originally got into friction way back in the 60s then rediscovered it
more recently when I got fed up wi
I'm back to friction almost exclusively now and I am tired of fiddling with
indexing setups. I like the idea of set and forget and I love the idea of
really having to be in tune with the bike to shift. My Jones has 11 speed
XT which does shift really nicely, but when I get back to friction on
Indexing and STI require less thought from our minds and bodies, bringing us
closer to the technological ideal of mind-lessness and thought-lessness that we
seem to be striving for.
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Friction for durability, flexibility and I know how to make them work. I never
could get the hang of servicing indexed and I had two brifters go bad but never
a bar end. Then, ‘will this work with that?” is really never an issue - swap
wheels, cassettes, freewheels, chainrings etc with hardly a
+2 for both indexed and friction.
I have Microshift shifters on my Sam, they're friction on the front,
switchable to friction or indexed on the rear. Strongly recommended.
They call these "friction transferable" meaning you can switch between the
modes. It requires an allen key, super easy ev
+1 on friction front, index back, and +1 on using Shimano shifters that can do
both.
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You are right, indexing might well be a better choice for rapidly changing
terrain and conditions. My technique with friction in "emergency"
situations -- deep sand patch, for example -- is to slam the right lever to
the large cog (or at least to a bigger cogs several positions away) in
order to ma
once set up, I like indexing marginally more than friction but ive
found that the freedom and ease of mixing and matching parts that friction
allows makes my life so much easier that it vastly outweighs any minor
benefits of indexing. I'd only friction shift up to 9 speed though, and
prefe
Here they are!
I think they're yours?, unless it's another friend. If so, you should
really keep them. Paired with some Paul's thumbies and they're the greatest
thumb shifters around.
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There’s a set for sale over on the iBob list as we speak!
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A good shimano bar end should give you the option of index or friction. 9 speed
has the option for sure.
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I have both friction and index. I've personally found friction to be great
for more gradually changing terrain that gives you some time to fine tune
the paddle placement before really cranking down on the pedals without
fully losing your momentum. However, when I am dealing with highly varied
t
Indexing in rear, friction in front. I like the convenience of indexing.
But not really needed in front and you can easily trim the front derailleur.
On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 8:49:44 AM UTC-7, Friend wrote:
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> I am getting ready to build up an AHH frame. I am planning on putting
> noodle
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