> > On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:09:08 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > Those stem shifters that you are holding up against the stem? You are > holding them up backwards. Turn them around the right way and you'll see > they won't interfere. >
Unfortunately, though I would like it to be the case, it is not. And without moving the stems, or seeing a photo where they are not parallel, it would be easy to assume that they go the other way, but the shifters are oriented correctly in the photos I posted above. (See photos below. Remember the part where I said I have installed shifters before?;^) As for "perfectly lined up", I'm not sure what that means. In my experience, unless a frame or der. mech is bent, setting up a friction shift system is a pretty straightforward operation having to do with cable tension. That said, in my case there may be one wild card--my original Clem was damaged in shipping and had to be returned. I took off all the parts and re-installed. (I took the entire bar with brakes and shifters off, simply re-hooked up all the cables.) Aside from now having a complete build that sports the fancy cream details, I suppose there is a possibility the rear derailleur was damaged (the frame damage was in the rear triangle). However, I discounted that because it actually shifts into all the gears, and rides there okay for a bit. And also, a number of other RBW list members have been reporting a similar experience. However, because I would like to keep this setup, and I happen to have a brand new Altus "in stock," for a future project, I may do a quick switch and see if that makes a difference. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tOPIJVzMtZg/VrGC9F5t3-I/AAAAAAAAF9M/LEpSIqfspoM/s1600/DSC01644.JPG> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-idfg9wFhnRA/VrHzteIEgTI/AAAAAAAAF9w/IX9w1IXoIAo/s1600/sun-tour-power-shifters.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lk3gFd2IJlY/VrHu_CUeyHI/AAAAAAAAF9g/sReiM3JxH5g/s1600/Suntour-Power-Shift-Lever-Made-in-Japan..jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UobQxh8bZkM/VrHvU-K0HJI/AAAAAAAAF9k/X4Cd-9C9mFU/s1600/DSC01646.JPG> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
