My new Schlumpf

joemarshall wrote:
If you're getting the problems you describe then something is wrong with
your setup.

Having just re-read my post, the problem is nowhere near as bad as I
described. I did need to adjust the... I don't know what they're
called, but the springs that make the pads retract equally when you
release the lever... I had to tweak those the other week since the pads
no longer equally retracted. Dunno what caused that, but I did get them
back to what they were before...

The "nearest to perfect" adjustment on mine is that one of the brake
pads only touches -slightly- when idling with the "wrong" foot down. As
far as I know the pads never get in the way of idling with the "right"
foot down, riding forward, even when freemounting and getting going in
high gear.

The pads never lock the wheel, but I regard that as a good thing since
if the wheel were to lock at 10mph plus...
joemarshall wrote:
By the way, you should put in the time to learn to shift. It's really
worth doing. Unless you have size 5 feet and 175mm cranks or clip
pedals it's perfectly possible to do, just a matter of learning how to
move your feet around on the pedals to the right place. I practice
against a lamp-post, so I get the feel of kicking it.

I have tried doing that at the juggling clubs' hall a few times,
succeeding a few times in clicking from low to high just before I meet
the other end of the hall...

The biggest problem I have is that my riding shoes (Five-Ten impact
high-top) have such grippy soles that they just don't seem to let me
adjust my footing at all! There's also the problem of the shape of the
cranks, the buttons are kind of recessed so I can't easily get my heel
into the middle. Most of the time despite my best efforts to twist my
heels in, my shoes just rub the buttons without clicking them in.


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I first run Magura's on my bike in the mid ninty's, when you order the
magura brakes as a set they assume you have traditional brake mounts so
they give you the frame adaptors with the brakes. The arch keeps the
brakes alleigned with the canti brake adptors. On the schlumpf you can
move the post up and down so you can get the proper placement on the
rim.


As for Shifting the trick I found is slightly move your foot so your
toes would be over the center of the pedal then with your heel hit the
button when your foot is in the foward possion on the cranks, thats how
I figured it out. Gearing down is really funky till your legs get used
to it.


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Tigger wrote:

As for Shifting the trick I found is slightly move your foot so your
toes would be over the center of the pedal then with your heel hit the
button when your foot is in the foward possion on the cranks, thats how
I figured it out. Gearing down is really funky till your legs get used
to it.



Yep, that's how I shift. Take the weight off/ lift up my foot slightly
so the pedal isn't grippy, then I can move it around. Then put it as
far back as I can and kick the button.

Once I got used to it shifting down turned out much easier than up.

Joe


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