10 years ago, with, admittedly, stock and relatively close-ratio cassettes, I very happily shifted 10 speed cassettes with Retrofrictions. In all cases the lovely 7400 series Dura Ace rds (well, actually, the 13-27 Fargo has a very nice Nashbar road rd -- forget their trade name).
OTOH, I've happily shifted 9 wide-ranged cogs with Silvers and PowerRatchet BES with long-cage, old, XT rds. On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great. Now I'm not the only one on the list who thinks 9 speed friction > works fine. I do find keep parts in toping working condition and using as > short a derailler as possible improves it greatly. > > Michael > > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:47:15 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> 1. Flighty handling of Ram when climbing steep hill, seated butt back, >> with heavy rear load. I complained of this earlier, then realized that I am >> simply not very used to climbing steep hill seated far back while pedaling >> in a low gear. I am inclined to grab the bar in tight fists. Relaxing the >> grip makes control much better. >> >> I daresay a low trail design would track even better, but then it would >> exhibit other qualities I don't care for. At any rate, it's no longer a big >> deal. >> >> 2. Downtubefrictionshifting, particularly 9 cogs: I find Silver bar end >> shifters delightful with a 9 speed cogset, misaligned as the ramps always >> are. I found dtshifting similar cassettes somewhat less precise. Then I >> realized that I'd simply forgotten my dtshifting skills; once I got back >> the habit (as I have with bar end shifters) of shifting decisively, instead >> of tentatively, the Silver dtubers shift very well. I still like the >> control of BES better, but the dtubers work fine, especially since I don't >> shift much anyway. >> >> Y'all were waiting for this information, were y'all not? >> >> Patrick Moore, who thought so, as he twiddled 26 rear biased lbs up a >> very steep hill in the 38/26 granny today, and who defines twiddling here >> as ~ 60 rpm. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore >> himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to >> destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his >> needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely >> having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in >> electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing >> so.”* >> * >> -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* >> >> *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not >> money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I >> have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; >> and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not >> money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and >> though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me >> nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money >> vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh >> not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in >> iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all >> things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, >> these three; but the greatest of these is money. * >> * >> -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* >> > -- > 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. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing so.”* * -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, these three; but the greatest of these is money. * * -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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