I remember that there was talk about the shifters of the early Clems, and now I have a first gen Clementine and the shifting is giving me some issues. I took my bike to the mechanic for a tune-up and told him the front cog was reluctant to shift. He said the cable was a bit loose but he’d address it. A different guy ended up doing the work and when I picked up the bike I asked about the shifters. The mechanic said they had had a lengthy argument about whether the shifters were indexed or friction. (I had told the original mechanics these were friction and the clicks were irrelevant. He decided one was indexed and one was friction. Whatever.) The second mechanic knew they were both friction and said he adjusted it.
Today I took the bike to school for the first time. At the slightest incline, I realized I could not shift the front gears. Now, I always give myself time to shift because the bike hates me if I wait until I’m stomping to ask it for an easier gear. I decided I just needed to break it in. Tonight my whole family went on a challenging bike ride that involved mega hills into the canyon. Guess who came in dead last? Me, because I was stuck in the hard gear at the bottom of a hill and my little boy, an opportunist from BIRTH, saw my struggle and decided to have a race. Also, when I am really pushing the pedals, I hear the chatter of the chain in the right pedal. You know the sound that means you need to nudge your shifter into the proper gear? That sound. but only with lots of pushing and only in the right side pedal. So, what I am asking here is: 1. Is this issue just a simple mechanical issue that the mechanics need to smooth out? 2. Is this the shifter issue folks discussed in the early Clems? Would I be better off changing shifters? Thanks! Leah -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f87edc55-3326-4208-94a2-49d94527b5f1%40googlegroups.com.
