I have and still use rapid rise on several bikes. I thought the "disadvantage" was that up-shifts were slower. From a race and performance point of view, up-shifts should be faster. You need to be able to shift up while you hammer.
I finally gave in and put a 2x10 on my hardtail and the rapid rise went bye-bye. To this day, I am still confused when I shift. Aside from that, it's a tough change to get one's mind around. It would be like telling everyone to swap their brakes left and right -- worse actually. I think it comes down to "why change." On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 11:39:34 AM UTC-4 Collin A wrote: > I'd imagine everyone's experience is slightly different...but I quite like > my RR XTR RD mounted on my appaloosa to bar end silver2 shifters. I got a > used one on ebay in the before times for a fair price and with a replaced > set of jockey/pulley wheels its been fine for about 1000 km. > > I've only been friction/bar end shifting for about 5 years now, so I don't > have decades of muscle memory to rewrite, but it is quite intuitive to > me...at least it is when you also have a FD, so to go up a gear the bar > ends get pushed in the same direction. > > I've also noticed its a wee bit easier to shift down under a bit of load > and the derailleur tends to land better (i.e. less precision needed in the > shift) in those events. But that's all perception and cannot be quantified, > so take it with a grain of salt. > > Cheers, > Collin, its only 90 today, in Sacramento > > On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 10:08:30 PM UTC-7 Sam Perez wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> Why is there so little info on rapid rise RD and why is it so polarizing. >> Sources include bike snob grants blog and random internet sources. >> Takeaways were finicky and needing frequent adjustment but also great >> concept and easy down shifting. Any experience thoughts insights? >> >> Thanks > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7a3b22c5-49d7-4d54-bfa0-0f176ddf3c4fn%40googlegroups.com.
