My beef with Rapid Rise is it eliminates a cool shifting procedure:
pushing both shifters the same direction so you can drop down to a
smaller (easier) front ring and smaller (harder) rear cog at the same
time. Often, when dropping to a smaller front ring, the gearing change
is too dramatic and
Thanks Joe, that's a good point. I think I'll dig up an old top-
normal from the parts bin and give that a try. I love my rapid rise
but I believe that top-normal will win this contest!
Question #2: Has anyone set up their thumbies below the bar, in which
case, rapid rise might win (ie.
I think rapid rise is the way to go regardless of shifter choice. It
makes shifting to a lower gear under stress a lot easier, and that
makes a more sense when climbing.
You don't have to take your hands off the bars to use thumb shifters.
Thumb pushes out, index brings back; no need to use your
I have rapid rise on my Bombadil with thumbies and shimano shifters.
It is works great - no reservations.
Dave
On May 24, 11:57 am, Ginz theg...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am thinking about the setup of my Hunqapillar which will wear
Bullmoose bars and Paul thumbies with shimano bar-end
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 13:36 -0700, Dave Craig wrote:
I have rapid rise on my Bombadil with thumbies and shimano shifters.
It is works great - no reservations.
I have plenty of reservations. If you are used to high normal, rapid
rise is more properly known as ass backwards and you will go nuts
Funny, didn't have any problems shifting over to low-normal. Two of
my three shifter bikes are set up that way. Strangely enough, my off
road bike is the only one without that setup. And I do have to be
more careful during shifts on climbs with that bike. (But that is the
factory build.)
Now,
When you are white knuckled, is it easier to push the thumbie or pull
the thumbie? It sounds like pushing is easier, which means I might
prefer a top-normal.
I use rapid-rise with bar ends, but when you can grab the whole
shifter an crank on it, it has to be a lot easier.
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i've got thumbies on my moosies, and i've moved them in a bit from
right-up-against the grips, and even that way i can often shift simply by
leaning my hand in at an angle. if i'd left em where Rivendell put em, i could
have shifted w/o moving my hand in the slightest, though my big hands mean
