I should point out... this was my first decent-length ride with Silver shifters, not friction. I rode with friction shifting for most of a decade as a teenager. Rode a lot, actually, compared to normal kid riding. While shifting then was never a big problem, it was something that I always to be better. Basically, I danced with friction while wanting indexing.
Obviously Silvers are better than those shifters from my youth. And it's possible I too could get better at friction shifting now. But in comparing them directly now, even with Silvers, I still find I like dancing with indexing. Its small downsides are outweighed by its continually repeating upsides. Friction has technical merit in a world where index-compatibility is non-trivial to acquire. And perhaps there are riding styles or needs that I don't have that friction serves better. But for me friction's upsides are basically aesthetic and as of now don't overwhelm indexing's overall appeal. I might get better at it and/or might increase my desire for the aesthetics. I'll get in a few hundred miles of practice in the next few weeks. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- 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/-/i4p-mkYaSK0J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
