I think your problem is the 9 speed chain on the 7 speed cassette. The chain is too narrow for the cassette's cogs. I'd bet the narrow/wide ring would work well enough with a 7 or 8 speed chain, and that should help your shifting in the rear.
Eric On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Eric Karnes <epkar...@gmail.com> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
