Hey, hoping for some helpful advice, thought I'd throw it out to the group.
A while back I bought the demo 59cm clementine from rivendell: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140959259@N03/31954788560/in/dateposted-public/ Issue: when I stand and peddle the bike shifts gears on the rear cassette. Suspicion: I think this is happening because I weigh 240lb and the long chainstays necessitate a very long chain. When I stand and peddle I flex the bottom bracket shifting weight side to side. This flex is propagated down the chain to the rear cassette growing more exaggerated the further down it travels until it skips the chain from one gear to another. Question 1: Does this sound right? It doesn't happen when I'm seated and pedalling so I don't think it's a bent derailer. Question 2: Any advice on how to stop it? I was following a discussion a month back or so on clutch rear derailers that manage chain slap for mountain bikes. The impression I got was that if a clutch rear derailer dampens chain movement adequately to stop chain slap, then maybe it would help resolve the ghostshifting issue I'm having. I quite like the clementine and am really hoping to resolve this issue. Even if I can't fix it, the bike will still be adequate for my immediate needs (rides with baby). But I'd like to be able to get full use from the bike. Thanks for any advice or helpful thoughts, Sky in new west -- 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.
