Hey Lee, I (and many others here) run friction with these shifters and nine speeds with great aplomb. In fact, I have a set on a bike with a ten speed cassette and it seems to work even *better* there!
More on that if you're curious: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/iL_kdYL-AWM But yeah, I wouldn't worry one bit about using them for 9 speed. Reed On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Lee Legrand <krm2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Bill, > > Does the silver shifters work on a 9 speed cog cassette? I have heard > that 9 speed change using a friction shifter is too much. What are your > thoughts? > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes that looks like the Silver 1. Riv got told that the casting mold was >> worn out, and so Riv would have to buy a new one. That's why Riv designed >> the Silver2 THIMBLE. If the manufacturer was telling the truth and the >> mold really is used up, then presumably the Silver1 shifters will start to >> get more and more scarce. Rivendell is down to 73 pairs of Silver1's, so >> you still have time. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:14:14 PM UTC-7, Scott McLain wrote: >>> >>> Is this the same thing as the Silver 1? Gotta love the Silver 1. I >>> might have to get an extra couple if they are going out of production all >>> together. Maybe Dia-Compe will keep it going? >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dVL_RYl3vDk/WA6VikqQfGI/AAAAAAAAAzo/1hY5Xaz8vm03UICJLGlRJwgVGz4I-5uqwCLcB/s1600/Capture.PNG> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 12:08:31 PM UTC-6, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>>> >>>> The BLUG has a long write up and description of the Silver 2 shifters. >>>> One big take home is the Silver 1 shifter mold is shot, so those will be >>>> going away. So, if you love Silver shifters, stock up now. The Silver 2 >>>> looks like it'll be a way better thumb shifter, a somewhat better barcon >>>> shifter, and an amusingly ironic downtube shifter. Most importantly (to >>>> me), is that if you want to embolden Rivendell Bicycle Works to keep >>>> putting their money where their brains are, then reward them by buying a >>>> pair or two of Silver 2's and put them into your personal inventory. When >>>> the need arises, get them from your stock. If Riv gets a lot of early >>>> adopters buying them, then they'll have the confidence and the money to >>>> make the next part that you can't get anywhere else. Grant tells you on >>>> the BLUG how to get on an email list for updates on the Silver 2. >>>> >>>> Bill habitual-early-adopter Lindsay >>>> El Cerrito, CA >>>> >>> -- >> 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 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. >> > > -- > 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 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. > -- 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 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.