This hasn't been my experience at all, shifting 9 sp (and not even
stock, so ramps all messed up) with PowerRatchet bar end shifters. It
shifted fine, and I have a very sensitive ear for improperly placed
chains; and I did use all the gears, as this was a wide range double
setup. And the Silvers ar
[RBW] Re: :) The end is near!
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
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>
> Uniglide 7 speed was not very precise
The best indexed shifting I ever owned was 7 sp Uniglide Sante on a
1989 Falcon. Snick, snick, snick, nary a grumble or overshift.
--
Patrick Moore
Albuq
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
>
> Uniglide 7 speed was not very precise
The best indexed shifting I ever owned was 7 sp Uniglide Sante on a
1989 Falcon. Snick, snick, snick, nary a grumble or overshift.
--
Patrick Moore
Albuquerque, NM
For professional resumes, conta
On Sat, 2010-10-23 at 05:59 -0700, EricP wrote:
> Seems to me "back in the stone age" when 7 first came out,
> it was terribly unreliable. Remember hanging around a bike shop and
> hearing horror stories of chains snapping, cogs breaking, etc. All
> the grey hairs were sticking with 4 and 5 speed
n
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 10:41:10 AM
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: :) The end is near!
Jerry Kraynick likely has more New Old Stock Shimano 6 and 7 speed freewheels
than everyone on this list can use in the next 25 years.
http://www.panoramafactory.com/kraynick/
After a number of years of exclusive fixed and ss riding, I bowed to
the inevitable and did not have my new Fargo modified with track ends
or horizontals. But I run only 6 cogs on the 8/9/10 sp hub, using
three 8 sp spacers behind the rump cassette. For the fat Big Apple 65s
and the 46/36/24, I us
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Earl Grey wrote:
> My other bike on the other hand, with Shimano 9 sp
> bar end shifters and 9 speed cassette on friction setting shifts only
> passably. Sometimes the chain will jump back and forth between
> adjacent cogs. Both bikes have high end rapid rise d
Jerry Kraynick likely has more New Old Stock Shimano 6 and 7 speed freewheels
than everyone on this list can use in the next 25 years.
http://www.panoramafactory.com/kraynick/index.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07316/833111-85.stm
He has the inventory from many mom and pop shops that went
