Hi Adam, I have small HHH, and friction shift (Shimano 9-speed bar-end shifter, Deore derailer, IIRC). I haven't had any problems with rear shifting. Stoker is usually one of my kids (<65 lbs), so there's not much frame flex.
My front shifter (Silver triple) occasionally is problematic for shifting to granny. (It might be a limit screw setting, but I'm not so keen on dropping the chain.) Good luck! shoji Arlington MA On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 4:05:41 PM UTC-4, Adam Leibow wrote: > > As a current Hubbuhubbuh owner, one piece of advice I can share is that > friction shifting was a PITA. My theory is the amount of distance the cable > travels combined with how much more a tandem frame flexes (longer tubing > distances + the weight of two people) equals mucho ghost shifting and > chain-jump weirdness. I could be wrong. But my problems went away when I > flipped the switch on my Ultegra shifters (mated to Paul thumbies) to > "index" mode. I'd steer clear of friction shifting on the tandem but I am > interested to hear others' experiences > > > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 2:13:18 PM UTC-8, Jim S. wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I was wondering if any prospective Rivendell tandem owners would be >> willing to share what they were thinking about for their builds. >> >> >> >> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3e6d9a5e-9e84-4c51-91cf-8c1252ee05dd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
