Reporting back:
I found an old but lightly used Shimano XCE braze-on front der. on
eBay. I swapped it for the IRD Alpina-d and, sure enough, the action
of my Silver shifter is a bit easier on my thumb. Perhaps the lever
arm provides more leverage or the spring is a bit lighter. Either
way, I'm
Since I need a braze-on front der. that will work with a 26/36/46, I
ordered an old, cheap Shimano from eBay. I swear that the lever arm
(near the cable anchor) on my IRD der. is ironically not providing
enough leverage when combined with the Silver shifter. I'll report
back on this combo in a
It's hard to know which derailer has a matching radius without being
able to hold it up to the chainring. I'm beginning to lean to the IRD
because it states that it is designed for the big ring I have. Other
derailers just list a maximum ring size.
BC
On May 8, 9:37 am, Bill Lucas
I run the campy racing triple on a 48/34/26 triple and a 44/30
double. I works very well, much better than the 105's it replaced.
It has a very short cage, which allows it to be set very low without
interfering with the chain stay.
michael
On May 8, 4:57 pm, BCDrums bcdr...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm using the IRD with a Silver bar end shifter and I find that it
takes an awful lot of force to shift to the big cog. I literally tore
a ligament in my thumb on it. Anyone else had success increasing
leverage of the cable's pull?
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Oh, and I'm running a 26/36/46 and other than the above issue, the IRD
shifts perfectly.
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On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 06:07 -0700, Ginz wrote:
I'm using the IRD with a Silver bar end shifter and I find that it
takes an awful lot of force to shift to the big cog. I literally tore
a ligament in my thumb on it. Anyone else had success increasing
leverage of the cable's pull?
Something
Steve,
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I hurt my thumb shifting to the big
chainring. I had a habit of grabbing the bar end shifter and prying
with my thumb like a can opener.
Ginz
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On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 06:30 -0700, Ginz wrote:
Steve,
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I hurt my thumb shifting to the big
chainring. I had a habit of grabbing the bar end shifter and prying
with my thumb like a can opener.
I still don't see how that's possible. The shifter is usually slightly
I actually had the same problem with the IRD - the spring inside it
seemed to be immensely powerful, requiring me to tighten my shifter to
keep from autoshifting and requiring a lot of force to shift to a
bigger chainring. I switched back to the shimano altus from 1981 that
my bike originally had
On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 08:45 -0700, Alex wrote:
On the thumb debate: I think the confusion stems from the use of the
word downshift - what Ginz meant (I think) is that he had to push
down on the shifter a lot in order to shift to a bigger chainring.
You do not push down on the shifter to
Steve P
How can you not use your thumb? Do you really shift your left barcon
by lifting it with your fingers while your thumb is floating in the
air? I tried manipulating my left barcon without using my thumb, and
it feels awkward and terribly imprecise, not to mention pointless. I
don't have
can i have your old xt? i love old fd's!
erik
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 08:45 -0700, Alex wrote:
On the thumb debate: I think the confusion stems from the use of the
word downshift - what Ginz meant (I think) is that he
On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 12:57 -0700, William wrote:
Steve P
How can you not use your thumb? Do you really shift your left barcon
by lifting it with your fingers while your thumb is floating in the
air? I tried manipulating my left barcon without using my thumb, and
it feels awkward and
Picked the IRD up at the LBS today, they said they had plenty of 'em.
It's listed on the IRD site and the Harris Cyclery site as available.
Will put it on the bike next rainy day and see what it can do.
(Shift, I imagine...)
BC
On May 8, 10:26 am, Saturday Mark saturdaycyc...@gmail.com wrote:
The IRD triple is great, however it has been out of stock for quite
some time. Good luck finding one.
The current Tiagra triple seems to work fine. Other than that you are
probably going to have to scour Ebay and Craigslist...
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BC,
The IRD Aplina is not a copy of the Ultegra.
I used it to replace a 9-speed Ultegra on a 48-34-24 set up. The
Ultegra was VERY fussy to get working. I literally bolted the IRD in
place, adjusted the stops and it works perfectly. All that said, I
tried one on my wife's new Ebisu
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