It's the little loop bolt that attaches the shifter to the frame or to the bar-end pod. You can tighten it with your fingers. Your LBS will know exactly what to do, if you ask.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:03:25 AM UTC-5, pam wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/9gH8HbTo9mkJ. 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.
