FWIW, I rode PBP this year with friction-shifting downtube levers. There's plenty of varying terrain, and I found the setup (7-speed freewheel) to work just fine. I never really missed index shifting. I also took comfort in the fact that there's very little to go wrong with friction levers--basically one moving part.
--Eric N Sent from the iPad 2 On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday, September 12, 2011 7:04:21 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > One place where I'd be inclined to choose indexing is for off road > riding where rough terrain makes smooth friction shifting hard to do. > As it is, my terrain is mostly flat, so I don't bother, but for > terrain that called for a lot more shifting, I'd be inclined to choose > it. > > So far, terrain hasn't been an issue for me wrt using the Silvers. I think > the trails I ride are well-enough maintained that general roughness won't be > an issue. And goodness knows it's flat; I live and ride in Chicago suburbs. > Most of my shifts are traffic- or signal-related. > > But only 7 speed cassettes. > > > Is that because the 7-speed's wider cog spacing is more "forgiving" than > 8-or-more's spacing? Or is there some other reason? > > (Oh, thanks for the inspiration. I got some aluminum this weekend and did > enough Dremel-practice with it to believe I can craft a light bracket. I hope > to create one that sufficiently protects the light from wheel spray, can be > used with my Mini/PlatRack/SlickerSack, and is reachable enough that I can > turn it on/off, while straddling if not while riding, and rarely-if-ever > requires adjustment to get the level right; it's a battery light that'll be > removed/replaced daily.) > > 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/-/Ust05-b4kw0J. > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
