Finding the precise chain alignment required by 9 cogs fiddly with the Simplexes, I swapped (thanks, Daniel) for Silvers thinking that they would shift more precisely. After 40 miles or so yesterday and today of shifting with the Silvers I've realized that:
1. It is technique. 2. I've forgotten the technique for dt shifters. 3. I retain the proper technique for bar end shifters (also Silvers). My mistake has been to pull or push too gingerly when smooth, accurate shifting requires, even with 9 cogs, a firm, confident movement. I retain that for bar end shifters, since I've used those over the years, but I have to learn it again for dt shifters -- the action is different enough because of the way your hand grabs the levers: instead of your fist, you (or at least I) pinch the lever between thum and forefinger, using the thumb to shover forward or (for the bigger cogs) push backward. I had thought it very odd that shifting 9 -- and mismatched 9 at that -- was so easy and precise with the Silvers on bar end pods while, with the same model of chain, it seemed harder with the dt Silvers. Now I know the reason. Both bikes (Ram, Fargo): Silvers, 9 speed close ratio cogsets made from odds and sods from The Box; the same chain (the cheapest 9 sp SRAM), and for the Ram a DA 7400 rd, for the Fargo a road Microshift (short cage) rd. 13-27 on the Fargo, 16-26 on the Ram. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Etats Unis ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
