I hate it when these things happen to me! I have two pairs of silver DT shifters and two pairs of BE shifters. Both pairs of DT shifters worked flawlessly from the get go; both pairs of BE shifters required quite a bit of fussing to get them to work well. I do use 9 spd cassettes and now get very few ghost shifts, maybe one per 100 miles on the DT and one per 20 miles on the BE.
Like you I have many years of experience with friction shifting and after much experimentation decided I really prefer it. I did have to learn that modern derailleurs shift sooner than classic derailleurs, which always require a slight over shift and then a tiny nudge backwards to center. Modern derailleurs shift early, but still leave you a couple of mm short of optimal alignment, so you need to move the shifter a hair more. I have also found that the D rings on the BE shifters want to come loose, so I have taken to using beeswax, but if I miss a couple of shifts in row, the first thing i do is check the D rings. BTW, I do use grease, and i think it has helped, but I cant swear on it. Bottom line is, after much fussing it now seems to work nearly perfectly, but I am unable to say what actually solved the problem. michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/oMb3I72zd-EJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
