Those '88 XT thumbies are the business!
Mobile Brian Hanson
On Aug 26, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Eric Platt wrote:
> I've been using friction shifting with nine speed on one bike. With caveats,
> it's upright bars and a ca. 1988 Shimano XT thumb shifter. With that shifter
> 9 speeds doesn't seem to
I've been using friction shifting with nine speed on one bike. With
caveats, it's upright bars and a ca. 1988 Shimano XT thumb shifter. With
that shifter 9 speeds doesn't seem to be an issue. It's a 12-36 paired
with a 39t front and using a regular Deore long cage derailleur.
Have not had an pr
This dearth of 8 speed cassettes had me momentarily worried, until I saw it
wasn't so. For instance, here's a range of 12-21 thru 13-26:
http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=12017&category=42
in addition to all the usual 11-something.
Which is comforting, because 8 spe
Sorry about your experience Phil. Mine has been quite different.
I spent nearly 20 years riding and racing with Campy DT shifters and NR
deraillers. They had a definite overshift and it became second nature to
me to shift pass the gear (first 6 & then 7 spd freewheels) and back a
smidge. In
Very interesting; I find the Silvers far better than the old SunTour
Power Rachets; in fact, the Silvers are the best BES I've ever used. I
don't have a problem with them loosening. I use them off road, too.
Perhaps I just have lower expectations? I am pretty sure I shift less
than most multi-speed
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 15:41 -0700, Phil Bickford wrote:
>
> It might be enough to convince me to go back to five speed cassettes.
AFAIK there never were five speed cassettes.
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Thanks for writing up your experiences with these different and quite
interesting bikes. I could never get the Silvers to work for me. I wish Grant
had gone one (big) step more in engineering and designed them with a ratcheting
action like the Suntour Bar-ends I had on some of my older bikes.
>
> I find it amazing that you wear out 11T sprockets. I have 13T sprockets
> I've been using (on 12-27 --> 13-30 9 speed conversions) that I've been
> using since 2005 that are still fine. I'm amazed your 11s get any wear
> at all, since (as already noted) 11 x anything is so high as to be
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 14:05 -0700, Michael Hechmer wrote:
> Seven speed can be a good solution for a friction triple. I commuted
> on a 7 sped freewheel for many years and it worked fine for me. But 7
> spd cassettes are rare, generally of lower quality and often have very
> big jumps between cog
Seven speed can be a good solution for a friction triple. I commuted on a 7
sped freewheel for many years and it worked fine for me. But 7 spd
cassettes are rare, generally of lower quality and often have very big
jumps between cog sizes. I like the availability of 12-27 & 11-28 9
speed cas
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 11:42 -0700, Scot Brooks wrote:
> Embarrassingly, I have an absolutely awful time getting precise shifting with
> my Gran Compe shifter/LX SGS RD/Shimano 12-36t 9-speed cassette combo. Almost
> every time I stand up, I get the sickening crunch type downshift. I have
> non-r
Drop the cassette to 7 or 8 speed. I found that worked well in the city -
easier to do by feel... That or try Michael's suggestion of going to a
short cage derailler. Either way it means a new cassette :(
Brian
Seattle, WA
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Scot Brooks wrote:
> Embarrassingly,
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