color me confused, why would your body weight make the shifters slip more? more torsion on the frame when pedaling?
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:20 PM, jphillip...@icloud.com < jphillip...@icloud.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > It seems to me the original poster, grrlyrida, just needed a helpful, > "Remember, you will need to check and maybe tighten your shifters on a > (regular basis or every 50 miles or once a week or...and this is how you do > it yourself:..." :) > > I think what may have been missed by Grant is that the original poster > hadn't been instructed that the shifters will need regular tightening when > the bike, or shifters, was/were purchased. Perhaps it would help to provide > a small booklet with a newly purchased Riv, "How to feed & care for your > new Rivendell bike!" :) > > I didn't know these shifters might not work so well for people over 220 > lbs, or for larger frame sizes, until Grant said so in his post. I hadn't > read this anywhere before. I'm over 220 lbs, and I ordered my Hunqapillar > in person at Rivendell, and no one mentioned this possible problem for me. > Maybe no one at Riv knows this except Grant? I don't know. And no one told > me, "Please remember to tighten the shifters..." And once I lose these > extra pounds, will I still need to be concerned on a loaded tour? > > I think most people on this forum would qualify as enthusiasts or fan boys > or fan girls of Rivendell bikes, but not everyone knows the particular > needs & quirks of each component, nor is everyone here a bicycle mechanical > expert. Nor does everyone know what they don't know they don't know. :) > > Just $0.02 from a loyal Rivendell customer & happy Hunqapillar owner, > > (Honest! I'm really, really happy!) > > John Phillips > > > > > > On Friday, August 15, 2014 10:14:08 PM UTC-7, grrlyrida wrote: >> >> My silver shifter becomes loose then I can't keep my front derailleur in >> high gear. Today I had to hold my left bar end shifter up while riding from >> Santa Monica to Silverlake. It was annoying and tiring. I've taken it in >> several times and the mechanic tightens it then it will last like that for >> 2 months and become loose again. Is there something wrong with this >> shifter? I don't have this problem with the right one. > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
