Funny. Because of this discussion, decided to move the little lever on my Shimano 8 speed clickers to friction for the commute into work this morning. As before, it works fine. No problems with it. In fact, could argue it operates a bit smoother than the Silver shifters on my Sam Hillborne. But that's my preference and judgement, not an absolute statement of fact.
Then again, when the weather turns nasty then will go back to indexing. Just one less thing to think about during winter. Have to admit, my lack of shifting style does play a part. Will undershift and then nudge to the gear rather than overshift and trim back. And for full disclosure - I do drive a car with automatic transmission. And have never worked on, let alone ridden, a motorcycle (see other thread for that reference.) Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Sep 14, 8:25 am, Patrick in VT <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 13, 6:16 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Does anybody here use other modern index "arrangements", like STI or higher > > numbers of cogs or other brifters? If so, are those systems more "finicky"? > > Like, do they require regular re-alignment? miss gears? seem hard to > > control? shift slowly? > > I use Campy 10spd on my road/cx bikes - it's the smoothest, quietest > drivetrain i've ever ridden. I also mate those 10spd brifters with a > shimano 8spd cassette/shimano rear mech (i.e. the "shimergo" > drivetrain), which works great. it's been an easy, low maintenance > set up for me and it's subjected to more stress than any other > drivetrain I run. > > Still, I love 9spd dura ace indexing downtube shifters - just some > about the "click/pop" super positive engagement on those. and I > really dig Deore XT 7spd thumbies. I have a soft spot for friction > too. The new stuff works. The old stuff works. I enjoy riding both, > but the they have their place depending on the bike. -- 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.
