Sounds like an issue my wife had about a year ago. We tried a lot of random ideas, like snugging up the cassette lockring (on the theory that the cogs were loose and wobbling a bit). In the end, a new chain made the shifting work perfectly again. Good luck. -Wes
On Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 8:40:52 PM UTC-7 Vincent Tamer wrote: > I have an on going issue with my friction shifting setup on my 2016 > complete Clem. > > I believe this will be my third cassette replacement now. Each time the > two smallest cogs are damaged/stripped for some reason, so that when I > pedal there is some crunching & ghost shifting. I cannot pedal with full > force on the first two gears. > > I’ve had issues with this since day one and I have a feeling it is due to > the 2016 complete clem’s shifting setup even though I’ve had it adjusted > and have explained to two different bike technicians. > > The shifter setup is odd, Riv even commented on how it was a little > strange in the Clem intro Pdf that was floating around for the longest time > (cannot find it now). I'm hoping someone knows what I'm talking about! > > These suntour shifters are set up in a reverse position and that they have > some kind of ratcheting mech in them. The clicks don’t always coincide with > a shift and maybe that has created some bad friction shifting form on my > part. Outside of that I’m at a loss for why I am having issues with > stripped cogs. > > I’m considering switching to an indexed set up even though I don’t want to > but before I do, does any one have any wisdom they can shed on this > situation? Thank you! > > Pics are attached, of the whole bike (for fun) and of the shifter. I'll > grab some shots of the gears as well when I can.[image: > DSCF7718_sml.jpg][image: > shifter.jpg] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5e99bf7b-9d23-4d8a-b207-bef24257306fn%40googlegroups.com.
