Och! Well, you've already tried the fix that solve my ghost shifting issues (the great pulley swap maneuver). I'm hardly mechanical, but it sounds like there is friction in the system. Narrow down where that is happening and the solution may present itself. Play with it on the stand and listen for noise, then triangulate the source of the noise till you see something off. I'd look for derailure limit adjustments, a bent pulley arm, a stiff chain link (feel for this, but you'll also easily see at the pulleys when backpedaling), but could be anything in the drive train. Even positioning of the chainring in or out might make a difference, especially if you have an extreme line.
Ahhh. I just noticed your comment on using a narrower chain. That could be the entire issue. I run a 7-8 speed chain on my hunq with a narrow-wide that wants a smaller chain and it works just fine. Never dropped, even on stupid jauncy stuff (though mine isn't Wolf ... yet). Upsizing the chain is where I'd start. Keep us posted! With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 2:16:00 PM UTC-7, Eric Karnes wrote: > > Hi all- > > I was wondering if I could pick your brain a bit on this. I ended up with > the following setup for my Hilsen 1x7: > > - Existing Wolf Tooth 40T Drop Stop wide/narrow ring > - Deore 9spd Rear Derailleur (with pulleys swapped ala Deacon Patrick's > advice) > - Riv Silver Downtube Shifters > - HG-50 7sp Cassette (12-32) spaced with proper notched spacer on a 8/9/10 > speed cassette > - SRAM 9 speed chain (narrower 9 or 10sp chains are recommended for the > Drop Stop ring) > > Anyway, shifting is even worse than it was. Aside from constant ghost > shifting under load, it honestly feels like I'm NEVER in gear and can't > really ride the bike as is (though I made a valiant effort today). Even on > the bike stand, there feels like there is friction when I spin the crank. > I'm not a skilled home mechanic by any means, but I don't usually feel this > incompetent! Oy. > > Anyone have a similar 1x setup? And any advice? I'm thinking of just > going to a standard 1x matched index setup and selling these parts. But > that's a pricey proposition for me and I wanted to see if I could figure > this out first. > > Thanks! > > Eric > > P.S. I know the logical solution is to just bring it to a local LBS. But > I'm having a lot of trouble finding one within riding distance (I don't own > a car) that even knows how to work with 'retro-y' parts. I've pretty much > given up on cantilever brakes for this reason...after spending a ton of > money getting them (very poorly) installed and adjusted a number of > times...including once when the brake pad fell out during a ride. > -- 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.
