Lee It is the general consensus that the more cogs you have in back, the more precise the user of the friction shifter must be. Almost everyone agrees that there is a line, beyond which you have too many cogs in back and can no longer execute good shifts with friction shifters.
The thing you will find if you go poll a lot more riders is where that line is between good and bad. My view of the space is 5-cogs everyone agrees this is perfect for friction 6-cogs everyone agrees friction works fine 7-cogs almost everyone agrees friction works fine (~98% of riders) 8-cogs a significant percentage of riders think this is where friction shifting becomes a problem. I'd estimate about 20% of riders say they won't run friction here 9-cogs It's a lot closer to 50/50 here. You will get a LOT of anectdotal YES votes and a lot of anectdotal NO votes. If there is a gray area, it is here 10-cogs You will hear occasional reports of trying it and hating it. Once in a while you'll hear somebody say "I use it in friction and it's OK". but probably 90% or more agree index is better 11-cogs I've never heard of anyone trying it Me, I've never tried friction shifting on 10 or 11, but I have on several bikes with 9 speed. The only time I hated it was with a Dura Ace rear derailer. I switched that bike to index. With a short cage XT derailer, it's great, and I have that setup on 2 bikes. So the line for me is between 9 and 10, and 9 is a "light gray" gray area. On Friday, August 16, 2013 10:03:50 AM UTC-7, Lee Legrand wrote: > > Thanks for the replies everyone. I was not sure if Riv downtube shifters > worked with 9 speed cassettes. I have read that 9 speed shifting is > difficult using friction due to the smaller spacing for cassettes but I > guess you have to acclimate to using smaller shifts to hit the right gear. > > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Johnny Alien > <johnn...@verizon.net<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I use them with 9 as well. I wouldn't use them for anything higher >> though. The 9 works fine. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
