Hi everyone,
It seems to me the original poster, grrlyrida, just needed a helpful,
Remember, you will need to check and maybe tighten your shifters on a
(regular basis or every 50 miles or once a week or...and this is how you do
it yourself:... :)
I think what may have been missed
color me confused, why would your body weight make the shifters slip more?
more torsion on the frame when pedaling?
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 1:20 PM, jphillip...@icloud.com
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Hi everyone,
It seems to me the original poster, grrlyrida, just needed a helpful,
On 08/18/2014 10:47 AM, Goshen Peter wrote:
color me confused, why would your body weight make the shifters slip
more? more torsion on the frame when pedaling?
Me too. I should think torsion on the frame would be more related to
rider strength than weight.
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I believe it has more to do with frame size and length of cable then the
weight of the rider.
On Monday, August 18, 2014 10:47:52 AM UTC-4, Peter M wrote:
color me confused, why would your body weight make the shifters slip more?
more torsion on the frame when pedaling?
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So if someone was on a 52 Sam and weighed 300 they should be ok, right? I
think frame size probably matters alot more than rider weight. Maybe Grant
was assuming we all have proportional height and weight, oh if only,
hahaha.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Johnny Alien johnnyal...@verizon.net
On my 67 AHH I just fiddle with and gently tighten the wing nut as I am
riding along.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Goshen Peter uscpeter11...@gmail.com
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So if someone was on a 52 Sam and weighed 300 they should be ok, right? I
think frame size probably matters alot more than rider
Why would a longer cable slip more?
Johnny Alien johnnyal...@verizon.net wrote:
I believe it has more to do with frame size and length of cable then
the
weight of the rider.
On Monday, August 18, 2014 10:47:52 AM UTC-4, Peter M wrote:
color me confused, why would your body weight make the
On 08/18/2014 12:01 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
Why would a longer cable slip more?
Johnny Alien johnnyal...@verizon.net wrote:
I believe it has more to do with frame size and length of cable
then the weight of the rider.
On Monday, August 18, 2014 10:47:52 AM UTC-4,
So, cables stretch every time they are used so wouldn't some high quality
cabling/housing help the issue then? if that even is the issue.
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Joe Hogg joseph.h...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/18/2014 12:01 PM, Steve Palincsar wrote:
Why would a longer cable slip more?
Cables clearly do not stretch every time they are used. Otherwise we would be
constantly be adjusting index shifting cables instead of once or twice a year.
Goshen Peter uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote:
So, cables stretch every time they are used so wouldn't some high
quality
cabling/housing
Rougher? Having used both the 600s and silvers, I must disagree with the
esteemed Grant P.
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Grant isn't talking about your pre-indexed 600s, Andrew. He's most
certainly not denigrating your 1985 600s (Arabesque!). Grant is talking
about today's current alternative to Silvers from Riv, which is Shimano
barcons. Shimano Barcons have a texture to them in friction mode, a little
Heh. Mine are the plain version, not the Arabesque, but yeah, I see. I
have run 8s Shimano barcons, and didn't notice any roughness there, nor
with 8s or 9s Shimano DT shifters, but they may have changed.
Funny, I remember when I bought my first new bike after five years off
(this would
I am not sure why they do it but I have found that my left one will loosen
quicker than the right as well. I just get in the habit of tightening them
up a little (or at least checking them) before I heard out on the bike. No
reason to hold th arm up while riding just stop and tighten it up a
Friction shifting requires snugging of the bolt from time to time.
I usually snug them about once every week or two, something like that. I
don't think about it or make a point of it. I just reach over and snug
whenever the notion pops into my head, or the rear shifting gets funny.
They stay
A little beeswax on the screw might help. You might also look at that
little nylon bushing that sit just under the screw -- those will sometimes
crack, which I think could exacerbate the loosening problem (those are
replaceable, and available).
Kyle Brooks
Akron, OH
On Saturday, August 16,
Interesting. My Shimano 600 (last generation of pure friction) DT shifters
never require this...
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See here at 1:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drh4PHMQwKI
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Beeswax most definitely helps.
I have also found that the Microshift front derailer and the silver
shifters make a bad combination for this, as the spring that tensions that
particular FD is incredibly strong, which puts a lot more stress on the
shifter. Just my experience, I am not a
Which micro shift derailer model?
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Thanks for the video. I should have looked at it before posting, well if I knew
it existed. How did I miss that one?! I admit I'm no mechanic. I'm learning a
lot about silver shifters. Thanks everyone.
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I think this has already been said---I haven't read so, but it must have
been and I hope it has: If the lever stays in position, the gear will, too
(because the derailer can't move if the lever doesn't). The lever is
mechanically helped to stay put because of the ratchet inside---and this
is,
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