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Friction Shifting
On Nov 16, 5:13*am, Peter Cole wrote:
On 11/15/2010 9:34 PM, Tom Sherman _ wrote: Easier to switch to friction mode than mess with adjusting the indexing in the middle of a ride. Never had to do that. I frequently have to do it with one of my folding bikes. Something about the folding & unfolding process gums up the index shifting for a while. (The cables flex mightily during that process.) There have been times I've just left it in friction mode for weeks. I've had my mountain bike in friction mode a few times as well. But admittedly, that's old SunTour stuff, not as forgiving as Shimano's. - Frank Krygowski |
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Obnoxious types
"James" wrote in message
... On Nov 17, 8:03 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: Long-windedness is not appreciated on Usenet. Only I am entitled to occasionally be longwinded, but that is because I am universally recognized as a genius. And not at all big headed. Yes, the caravan moves on and the dogs bark in the night. Anyone who takes Usenet seriously is insane - or else infected with a naiveté which boggles the mind. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Backsides
"MikeWhy" wrote in message
... DirtRoadie wrote: On Nov 16, 1:56 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: If you want to behave like an ass, then use your real name like Mr. Sherman and I do. I could not have said it better myself. DR Just when I thought it was safe to sip my tea while reading this NG. I am delighted to see that there are still some on these newrgroups who have the wit to pick up on my humor. The most fun you can have in life is poking fun at yourself. Jeez, I thought everyone knew that! Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Friction Shifting
On 11/16/2010 4:25 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Nov 16, 5:13 am, Peter wrote: On 11/15/2010 9:34 PM, Tom Sherman _ wrote: Easier to switch to friction mode than mess with adjusting the indexing in the middle of a ride. Never had to do that. I frequently have to do it with one of my folding bikes. Something about the folding& unfolding process gums up the index shifting for a while. (The cables flex mightily during that process.) There have been times I've just left it in friction mode for weeks. I've had my mountain bike in friction mode a few times as well. But admittedly, that's old SunTour stuff, not as forgiving as Shimano's. - Frank Krygowski I use bar ends on all my road bikes, never had a mis-shift. That's one of the things I love about them. They've never been cleaned or lubed, either, just the (very) occasional cable change, and even that is never a surprise because you can feel a broken strand or two long before the cable gives out. Bar ends are light, rugged, and extremely fast to shift, plus you can sweep through multiple gears with a single motion. And they're cheap, even with a DA label. |
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Friction Shifting
On 2010-11-16, Peter Cole wrote:
On 11/16/2010 4:25 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Nov 16, 5:13 am, Peter wrote: On 11/15/2010 9:34 PM, Tom Sherman _ wrote: Easier to switch to friction mode than mess with adjusting the indexing in the middle of a ride. Never had to do that. I frequently have to do it with one of my folding bikes. Something about the folding& unfolding process gums up the index shifting for a while. (The cables flex mightily during that process.) There have been times I've just left it in friction mode for weeks. I've had my mountain bike in friction mode a few times as well. But admittedly, that's old SunTour stuff, not as forgiving as Shimano's. - Frank Krygowski I use bar ends on all my road bikes, never had a mis-shift. That's one of the things I love about them. They've never been cleaned or lubed, either, just the (very) occasional cable change, and even that is never a surprise because you can feel a broken strand or two long before the cable gives out. Bar ends are light, rugged, and extremely fast to shift, plus you can sweep through multiple gears with a single motion. And they're cheap, even with a DA label. The only minor complaint I have about bar ends is that I don't quite have the knack of changing both ends to a bigger or smaller ring at the same time, which is often what you want to do. As for adjusting the indexing, where necessary, the middle of a ride is the best time to do it. Good bikes have a tension barrel bolt thing around where the downtube shifter would have gone as well as one near the mech, so you can adjust it while riding. |
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RANS Stratus
On 11/16/2010 10:12 AM, Opus the Poet wrote:
Not true, I converted a 1983 Stratus to 27 speed but kept the friction shifters because even after 20 years they were still in excellent condition and worked fine.[...] Does/did the Stratus have the shifters on the tube in front of the seat? E.g. http://www.ransbikes.com/about%20rans/aboutstratus.jpg -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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Friction Shifting
On Nov 15, 4:53 pm, Peter Cole wrote:
On 11/15/2010 7:22 PM, Tom Sherman _ wrote: On 11/15/2010 6:11 PM, A. Muzi wrote: Peter wrote: Having rescued a number of 80's road bikes, I'd have to say that many people are better off with a new bike. Old bikes have their charms for retro-grouches, but most casual riders prefer more contemporary stuff (like indexed shifting). By the time you replace the "consumables" on an old bike, at least at bike shop prices, you're spending lots before even considering upgrading components. Frank Krygowski wrote: Well, it depends. Index shifting dates from the mid-1980s, so there are certainly 1980s bikes that have it, for those who want it. And there were plenty of 1980s friction shifting bikes that shifted well enough to satisfy lots of modern riders. Peter Cole wrote: I don't know lots of riders, modern or otherwise who like friction shifting. Even when the first indexed shifters started showing up in the mid-80's, they were DT or stem. The worst part of old shifters is that you have to use old (design) freewheels. Really? why is that? Friction and classic equipment works well, in fact better, with modern tooth design freewheels and cassettes. Up to eightish though; friction 9-10-11 is dicey. Seven systems are fantastically better with modern freewheels/cassettes than with classic tooth forms. I have no problems shifting with bar-ends in friction mode, an 11-32 9-speed cassette, and a Shimano Tiagra derailer. Indexing broken? When I broke the hub on my 9-speed I still had to ride something to work. Had an 8-speed wheel ready to go, so I turned the ring on my bar-end around to friction and it worked swell that way for a week or so. As plan B's go, it's an exceedingly versatile option. (It was nice to turn it back around to index, though.) |
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The Plight of the USian Working Classes
On 11/15/2010 11:35 PM, Edward Dolan wrote:
[...] You are right, but even so no one can spend like the Dems. The past two years the spending has been in the stratosphere. No other spending spree comes close. The spending has got to stop! I was not aware the expensive and purely optional conquest of Iraq was a Democratic Party run operation at the start. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 "Since 1945, by deed and by example, the US has overthrown 50 governments, including democracies, crushed some 30 liberation movements and supported tyrannies from Egypt to Guatemala." - John Pilger |
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DirtRoadie - Lack of Character?
On 11/16/2010 2:56 PM, Edward Dolan wrote:
wrote in message ... On Nov 15, 10:59 pm, "Edward wrote: Mr. Sherman and I just plain don't like members who resort to attack using a pseudonym. I have no objection at all if you attack using your real name. In fact, I thrive on that. Even if "Tom Sherman" and "Ed Dolan" were not fictitious names, I do not share you [your] religion and have no intention of converting. Now why do you suppose we do not like anonymous attackers? Could it be because we have had a world of experience with such types over the years on Usenet? There is no religion involved, just normal every day common sense. If you want to behave like an ass, then use your real name like Mr. Sherman and I do. Anonymity is bad for human beings. It brings out assholeness to the exclusion of everything else. Ed Dolan is actually right about something, once again. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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DirtRoadie - Lack of Character?
On 11/15/2010 11:49 PM, Edward Dolan wrote:
"Tom Sherman wrote in message ... On 11/15/2010 12:19 AM, Edward Dolan wrote: [...] Mr. Vandeman has never harassed anyone in his life. Rather, he has been the one harassed by criminal idiot asshole mountain bikers. Nonsense. Mr. Vandeman has a history of contacting his opponents employers with complaints. I believe this is the first rank falsehood Mr. Sherman has ever been guilty of. Mr. Vandeman is a gentleman and a scholar and does not resort to thug tactics. If he has ever contacted an opponent's employer, it has been in retaliation from first having been attacked or threatened with bodily harm. Mountain bikers are well known for being criminal thugs. [...] Ed, your ignorance is showing again. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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