Steve, whoah. Here’s what Leah knows how to do: Use Allen key to adjust Brooks. Use different Allen key to adjust handlebars. Use air compressor to fill bike tires. Squirt T9 (or whatever it’s called) to lube chain. Ha!!! > On Jun 5, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > On 06/05/2016 05:25 PM, Leah Peterson wrote: >> Those oddball thumbies the Clem came with stock. >> >>> On Jun 5, 2016, at 2:24 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: >>> >>> What shifters do you have? >>> >>> On 06/05/2016 05:20 PM, LeahFoy wrote: >>>> 3. His gears ghost shift. And there's lots of chatter in his gears. Is it >>>> possible the REI mechanic didn't install the gearing correctly? Do they >>>> need adjustment after a while? >>> > > And so non-indexed, and presumably we can rule out user-related issues. > > Do they both have the same number of sprockets? Have there been any special > mods to your setup that might make shifting better? (The trick of swapping > upper and lower pulleys comes to mind as one possibility.) Have you ruled > out slippage of his Silvers caused by assembly issues regarding the washers? > If you swap wheels with him (assuming you can - I don't know if both models > take the same wheel size) does the ghost shifting follow the wheel to the > other bike? > > Regarding adjustment: the usual "cable stretch / housing bedding" issues > shouldn't matter here, as it would appear that both bikes are using friction > shifting, in which case the only possible stretch issue would be not quite > enough tension to fully center the shift on the largest sprocket (or, if > you've got arsey-versey derailleurs, I guess it would be onto the smallest > sprocket). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/epJz3VL0OHA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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