On 01/02/2014 05:54 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
One curiously ironic bit is that I'm a big fan of semi-recent Shimano
reverse pull rear derailers. Pull the cable means higher gear on both
the left and the right shifter. I have that set up on two bikes. My
Pop's Windsor, however, has a normal-pull Suntour rear derailer and a
REVERSE pull Suntour front derailer! So, on my Pop's bike, pull the
cable means a lower gear on both shifters. Haha. I'll chuckle about
it every time I get on. Promise. Maybe I should swap the left and
right shifters to make the reversal complete. :)
You won't be chuckling when your now-confused reflexes cause you to do
the exactly wrong thing when you're not paying attention. I used to be
a big fan of the reverse pull SunTour front derailleurs, used them for
20 years on all my bikes. Then, 23 years ago I switched. Every so often
even now I still go the wrong way and end up going to the granny when I
meant to go to the big ring. And you're destined for that same sort of
error, and for the same reason: just as the SunTour backwards fronts
went out of production and eventually failed in service, Shimano has, I
understand, discontinued their ass-backwards MTB rear derailleurs. So
down the road, when those reflexes have been thoroughly implanted, you
inevitably will be forced to change back again.
You are doomed. :-)
Imagine how it used to be before the location of the brake and gas
pedals became standardized... "Oops" just doesn't begin to cover it.
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