RE: [RBW] Re: Do you friction or indexed?

2012-08-11 Thread Marc Schwartz
Index, because it is easier while intoxicated. ...JUST FOOLIN'!

Marc

"He swore at the Devil,
Then he went for a ride."

-Radney Foster-

From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on 
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 9:17 AM
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Subject: [RBW] Re: Do you friction or indexed?

Friction. My wife has indexed. I used to have indexed on my last bike, a 
Specialized Sirius, that I bought in '91 and gave away in '05 because, since I 
bought my Atlantis in '03, I was never using it. When I got the Specialized, I 
thought indexing was pretty nice, and I guess it still is. But when I built up 
my Atlantis, I went with indexing, and enjoy it a lot. Friction shifting 
reminds of shifting a manual transmission; it just adds to the overall feel of 
riding a bicycle like driving a sports car.

-Steve
Seattle

On Wednesday, August 8, 2012 8:15:12 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote:
I have been using the indexed. But lately it hasn't been shifting too good.
So I have started using the frictionoption on my bar end lever.
It is smoot and quiet. I think I like it better.
Is there anything wrong with not even bothering to get the indexed adjusted 
properly if I am just gonna stick to friction?

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Re: [RBW] Re: Do you friction or indexed?

2012-08-10 Thread Lyle Bogart
Like Jim, I am also at two bikes. One is friction shifting and the other is
a fixed gear. My transition back into friction years ago involved the same
scenario of indexing gone awry. I now much prefer friction though even that
is not as quiet and smooth as fixed :)

Cheers!

lyle

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