Which one is the shifter bolt? If I ask the LBS will they know which one it is? I do have the Silver shifters. It is a 8 speed. It only skips occasionally - twice in 14 miles. It's more an annoyance since there are no squeaks or rattles otherwise. Thanks, Pam
On Apr 17, 8:07 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > If it's skipping around the rear cluster with Silver shifters, I'd suggest > making sure the shifter bolt is tight. Also, I find that these shifters are > at their best with 7/8sp cassettes or freewheels. With 9sp, the ratcheting > is too imprecise for my tastes, but others report apparently satisfactory > performance. > > Otherwise, try to soft-pedal when shifting, shift before you NEED to shift, > and try to shift gracefully and in a controlled way rather than slamming > the shifter into position with a wild motion. Probably nobody has discussed > the finer points of the process because there isn't much to discuss. It's > pretty unsophisticated (don't tell anyone). > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:45:28 PM UTC-5, Zack wrote: > > > FD was from Riv, I had them do the setup last year when I got the bike. > > > It would surprise me if I had already worn out either a chainring or a > > casette, only rode the Sam for the end of the summer until now, less than > > 1,000 miles I would imagine. > > > slipping on the cogs, not the rings. > > > have read the sheldon article on chains, and also the one on chain slip. > > I tried some grease underneath the bb to see if that will help. > > > was just more interested in riding tips than troubleshooting the derailer > > stuff, as I have seen lots of tips on the derailers but not much on the > > riding. > > > On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:44:51 PM UTC-4, Zack wrote: > > >> I noticed a discussion cropping up in the "New Chain Skipping" thread > >> that I thought it would be worthwhile to dedicate a thread to this, as I > >> have been thinking about it a bit - > > >> I am a relatively new bike rider, and change gears as it makes sense to > >> me - when i feel like i need more speed, i shift, when i feel like i am not > >> going to be able to get up the hill, i shift. > > >> But I never really learned the "right" way to do this. I have learned a > >> little about friction shifting just from poking around (lightening up on > >> the cranks when I am about to shift, as an example) but haven't seen a > >> dedicated thread to this, nor have I found a good resource. I know for > >> many of you this is intuitive basic stuff, but I never learned how to ride > >> a bike from anyone that actually knew what they are doing. > > >> I generally stay in the middle ring on my front chainring (I have a > >> triple) and use all of the back gears until I need more, and then I shift > >> to either the big or small chainring. I am cognizant of cross gearing, but > >> am probably guilty of doing it once in a while. > > >> I have consistently had problems with chains slipping, throwing chains > >> (both off the big and granny rings) across multiple bikes, which leads me > >> to believe I am part of the problem. > > >> So how do you ride to ensure that you are treating the bike the way it > >> should be treated? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
