I tried friction but went back to SIS downtube shifters. (I used to ride all-friction, of course, for many years before indexing was invented). But with 7 or more cogs using modern chains, it's almost impossible to feel that it is just slightly out of alignment, the newer chains are too flexible and you have to hear the little bit of clink-clinking. And for winter riding when you have on a headband plus a balaclava, you just can't hear the clinking. So I would find that all was fine until I stood up on a hill, and then it would clunk to the next gear. Not fun. To really be able to _feel_ when things are just a hair out of alignment, you need old 5-speed freewheels and an old chain designed to run with those freewheels.
FWIW, with downtube (or barend) shifters, you can shift through a bunch of cogs all at once, whether indexed or friction. Nick On Saturday, August 11, 2012 8:23:36 AM UTC-4, ccanter wrote: > > Yea. I have index systems. I repeatedly futz with them until I get them > as close to perfect as I can, then I flip them over to friction. > Occasionally I switch them back to index, just to see if they still shift > okay. I have no valid reason for doing this other than the fact that > sometimes when it's windy or there's a lot of traffic noise the index mode > is slightly better. Or perhaps I just like to futz with stuff. That cute > little ring is on there for a reason you know. If I ever set up another > geary bike it will not have the evil ,vile "clicks" option, just pure > friction. > > Clyde "too, or two many options" Canter > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Technically there will be no problem, but your conscience will bother >> you and you will develop hemorrhoids. >> >> Patrick "gave up indexing in 1994 without any scruple" Moore >> >> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:15 AM, lungimsam <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > Is there anything wrong with not even bothering to get the indexed >> > adjusted properly if I am just gonna stick to friction? >> > >> >> -- >> "When in Rome, do as they done in Milledgeville." >> >> Flannery O'Connor >> >> ------------------------- >> Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA >> For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW >> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html >> ------------------------- >> >> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/wbxpI-MPs6kJ. 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.
