i think this is specific to the sunrace shifters that they are putting on the clems. i believe they were made for internal gear hubs, but riv figured out that they work fine for friction shifting too and dont cost an arm and a leg. i think the confusion lies in the fact that when not used with internal hubs, these sound like they are indexing, but in fact are frictioning. similar to a ratcheting shifter, but the clicks are more pronounced and further apart. i have the uber cheap ones on a beater bike, and they work fine, but they are not indexed....like jim, i feel like indexing becomes more trouble than it's worth after a short period of time. inevitably, i end up friction shifting again.
however, if you really want to index, you can just replace the sunrace shifters with bar ends or another shimano compatible thumb shifter and it should play fine with the altus rear derailleur in indexed or friction mode. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
