Just ride backwards.
On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 3:50:46 PM UTC-7 vhans...@gmail.com wrote:
> That's basically correct. Its a bicycle with a backwards derailleur, get
> use it, and using is the most important item!
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:51 AM Joe Bernard wrote:
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>> Of course
That's basically correct. Its a bicycle with a backwards derailleur, get
use it, and using is the most important item!
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 11:51 AM Joe Bernard wrote:
> Of course the whole issue with "counterintuitive" - which I raised earlier
> - goes out the window on a 1x. I had
This only works with left-side-mounted derailleurs, though.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 7:08 PM Andrew Letton wrote:
> For those using bar-end shifters and a RR derailleur, has anyone tried
> flipping the shifter upside down (so cable routes along top of bar)? Seems
> this could solve the
On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 10:08:30 PM UTC-7 Sam Perez wrote:
> Why is there so little info on rapid rise RD and why is it so polarizing.
> Sources include bike snob grants blog and random internet sources.
> Takeaways were finicky and needing frequent adjustment but also great
> concept and
For those using bar-end shifters and a RR derailleur, has anyone tried
flipping the shifter upside down (so cable routes along top of bar)? Seems
this could solve the muscle-memory issue...cheers,Andrew
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 03:47:12 PM GMT+10, Joe Bernard
wrote:
I had one for
Andy Cheatham claimed: " Low normal of Rapid Rise springing has the top
jockey wheel physically pushing the chain against a larger cog at the
beginning of any downshift until cadence and conditions permitted the chain
to start transferring from one cog to the next"
This is a description of a
Steven
It's the Interloc product. I run Silver 1 shifters on my Hillborne and
Silver 2 (X/O) shifters on my Atlantis
Bill
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 1:12:22 PM UTC-7 Steven Sweedler wrote:
> Bill, do you have pictures of your stem mounts or a description of the
> hardware. Thanks, Steve
>
Sam, I am guessing that the derailleur is always tensioned toward the next
larger size cog if shifted, whether or not the drive train is turning
enough to initiate a physical change of cogs.
Shifting before indexing imprinted me with a pause of cadence at the time
of a shift to easing chain
Bill, do you have pictures of your stem mounts or a description of the
hardware. Thanks, Steve
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:58 PM Bill Lindsay wrote:
> One of the many shifter-configurations I use and like is stem shifters.
> Two of my Rivendells have stem shifters. On a bike with stem shifters
One of the many shifter-configurations I use and like is stem shifters.
Two of my Rivendells have stem shifters. On a bike with stem shifters and
drop bars, it's possible to hit the shifter with my knees when climbing out
of the saddle. The steeper the climb the more forward my body is
Of course the whole issue with "counterintuitive" - which I raised earlier
- goes out the window on a 1x. I had difficulty relearning which way the
levers went on a 2-levers bike.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 11:10:11 AM UTC-7 Jim M. wrote:
> The main advantage I find with Rapid Rise is
The main advantage I find with Rapid Rise is that it shifts to a lower gear
much more easily when you're pedaling uphill, which I've found more useful
on steep mountain bike routes than with road biking. I've had an RR
derailleur on one bike and standard on another and in my experience I never
Sorry, low-normal. RapidRise. That thing.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 10:43:29 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote:
> I read Question 1 as info about high-normal derailers in general, not info
> on the one Grant is working on.
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 8:53:02 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay
I read Question 1 as info about high-normal derailers in general, not info
on the one Grant is working on.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 8:53:02 AM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote:
> Sam Perez asked three questions, but has only received answers to the
> third of the three. I'll attempt to answer
Sam Perez asked three questions, but has only received answers to the third
of the three. I'll attempt to answer all three:
1. Why is there so little info on rapid rise RD?
I think there is too much. Grant is genuinely excited about the project
and I think he can't help but share a little.
I have and still use rapid rise on several bikes. I thought the
"disadvantage" was that up-shifts were slower. From a race and performance
point of view, up-shifts should be faster. You need to be able to shift up
while you hammer.
I finally gave in and put a 2x10 on my hardtail and the
I'd imagine everyone's experience is slightly different...but I quite like
my RR XTR RD mounted on my appaloosa to bar end silver2 shifters. I got a
used one on ebay in the before times for a fair price and with a replaced
set of jockey/pulley wheels its been fine for about 1000 km.
I've only
Hi Andy ,
Wonder why the wheel wore out so quickly. Feedback so far seems to be
consistent with my internet findings. But I’m getting great perspective.
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> On Jul 13, 2021, at 7:27 AM, ascpgh wrote:
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> I tried the Deore level RR RD on my commuter after hearing all the
>
Brendonoid, can you tell me more about an intact cable to remove the wheel , I
could imagine a shifter would need to hold its position against tension to
remain on the smallest cog for wheel removal.
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> On Jul 13, 2021, at 5:10 AM, brendonoid wrote:
>
> Just done a few
I tried the Deore level RR RD on my commuter after hearing all the
platitudes. Meh. That was about it for me.
Always shifted wrong on first grab of the bar end shifter, muscle memory is
like Sharpie writing in this case. I probably would adapt easier to
switching sides of controls for both
brendonoid commented"If I was running indexed I honestly don't know
what the advantage would be? It would be very hard to tell and the few but
significant downsides would seem not worth it to me."
Shimano probably came to the same conclusion. I wish Grant well with his
Low Normal
Just done a few hundred kms with a rapid rise. Have never used one before,
I certainly feel the advantages friction shifting it. If I was running
indexed I honestly don't know what the advantage would be? It would be very
hard to tell and the few but significant downsides would seem not worth
I had one for a short while and found it finicky to install and
counterintuitive to shift. I'm sure both of these reactions are based on
decades of high-normal derailers, I think RapidRise is probably better for
new riders who've never messed with the other way.
On Monday, July 12, 2021 at
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