yep, I've been able to get barcons to shift 10 sprockets too. I've also lost that little domed nut. Fell off on a dark, rainy commute home and I couldn't find it. I replaced it with a nut from a toe clip which so far hasn't fallen off.
Cheers, Johnny On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 22:22, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I owned 2 or 3 pairs of the original issue Silvers, and fixed the slipping > with blue Loctite. The bigger problem with the Silvers, in my case, was > breaking the body when the bike fell over. > > I prefer the old Suntour barcons and have built up a small stash. I can > shift 10 cogs with my right on on only a bit more than 90* of travel (8-sp > road rd, DA 7401, IIRC), and the shifting is perfectly accurate, and they > body doesn't break when the bike falls over. > > I use blue Loctite on the Suntours too, but only for that easily lost, > cosmetic, chromed, domed locknut. > > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 4:22 AM Den John <johnsq...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks everyone. I'm in Europe so those Simplex Retrofriction come up >> every so often on places other than ebay. I'll have a look out for them. >> >> Cheers, >> Johnny >> >> On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 at 04:13, Graham Spencer <gwspen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I had the same issue with mine a decade ago. Never cared for them. My >>> solution was a used set of simplex retro friction from eBay. They bolt >>> right on to the pods you have and happily shift my 9spd system smooth as >>> butter with no slipping, no need for repeat tightening in 10 years. All >>> with no clicks. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/6yxFQsP0Ygo/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/d49e1867-2cba-4488-9963-952aec093042n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d49e1867-2cba-4488-9963-952aec093042n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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/CA%2B%3D4xcy4ARFpz9CHAsGg567V%2BfLjVqoaC2gNd7n7cS7JVnAYpA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2B%3D4xcy4ARFpz9CHAsGg567V%2BfLjVqoaC2gNd7n7cS7JVnAYpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- > 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/6yxFQsP0Ygo/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CALuTfgs4a1Exi7kGg2gBkO%3Dg3Unk3qD%2Bns%3DFp-F%2BEVsEyAsubg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs4a1Exi7kGg2gBkO%3Dg3Unk3qD%2Bns%3DFp-F%2BEVsEyAsubg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2B%3D4xcw4gbJd6BBv2m324eD2toEKm3AOwm991sq3HsPd%2BNYVsA%40mail.gmail.com.
