+ 1 for the old Suntours. OTOH, I got wonderful friction shifting with gen-1 Silvers, a Microshift road rear derailleur, and a home-brew 9-speed cogset (used 9 sp spacers but cogs were probably mix of 9, 8, 7, and possibly Uniglde). So a great deal depends on the match between shifter and derailleur. In fact, I think that this shifter/derailleur combination may have been an ideal pairing given the cog mismatches, tho' the Barcon + DA 7402 combo today (shifting 10) is as good if not even better, but now using proper 10 sp cogs and an 11 sp chain, and I do prefer the action, the absence of slipping, and the durability (broke 2 Silvers when bike fell over) of the Barcons.
OTOH again, I recall back about 2000 doing some mountain bike day tours around Aspen and using the current mid-level Shimano indexed trigger shifting of the time, both front and rear. I remember being very glad at how well it all worked -- shove, snick, new gear -- when oxygen deprived climbing a steep hill at 13K feet. And certainly the 7 speed indexed dt rear shifting on my Sante equipped Falcon was absolutely flawless. On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM exliontamer <rollumh...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... When pedaling hard, I've had ghost shifting on every Riv/Dia Compe > Shifter I've had unless they're tightened to the point of negating the > feel. Very much prefer the older Suntour ratcheting which just feel more > solid/sure and the Shimanos that are switchable. -- 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/CALuTfgvQa3bbm6BwAmAMwrScX_gw4WoWE-N6f5oYficEX_dnAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
