FYI: I should not have written, "traditional rise" in my earlier post. There's no such animal. I should have written "low normal" instead.
On Aug 17, 8:15 am, Dave Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > From the Shimano website: > > "RAPID RISE Rear Derailleur: Extension coils spring put the derailleur > in the low gear direction for easier down-shifting." > > The terms are synonyms. > > Dave > > On Aug 17, 6:07 am, EricP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Steve's last point. My "other" rear derailleur is on an > > old mountain bike with thumb shifters. My two Riv bikes have reverse > > rise and bar ends. So I don't have any problems shifting. > > > Of course, when I got back into cycling after my long layoff, some of > > the first derailleurs I used were reverse rise. So maybe less of a > > learning curve for me because of that? > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Aug 17, 5:46 am, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 23:28 -0700, rob markwardt wrote: > > > > I've had one for about 8 months now and have had no mechanical > > > > problems with it, but about 1 or 2 times a ride I kind of go into a > > > > "HUH" moment. I know you have to go "backwards" but the mind has 30+ > > > > years of doing it the old way. It's especially bad when I've got to > > > > think quickly...i.e. bombing downhill, rounding corner, suddenly > > > > facing huge uphill, need a low gear...AHHH....wrong way! I'm good > > > > about 98.5 % of the time but not sure if it will ever become 100 % > > > > natural...you? > > > > I went through the same thing with front derailleurs, when I switched > > > from backwards-acting Sun Tour Compe V to conventional-acting front > > > derailleurs. I switched the fleet all at the same time. It was a rough > > > transition, but eventually the old training died out. I make a "wrong > > > way" mistake or have a "moment of confusion" about once every five to > > > ten years now. > > > > About the only way you can live with a mix of normal and > > > backwards-acting derailleurs is if the controls are completely > > > different. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
