Ah, everything was different: closer ratio gearing, closer-spaced cogs and a longer lever to shift them. I can see how the shifting to bigger 9-speed cogs would require more effort.
Joe Bernard On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 2:45:03 PM UTC-8 Andrew Turner wrote: > The "before" was/is an Ultegra 11 speed rear mech. 6800 I think? 11 speed > cassette and downtube friction shifters (Silver). Very normal pressure > needed to move the chain. I'm gonna try to run it next with the 9 speed > cassette and a roadlink. > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 3:27 PM Garth <gart...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've read some other comments about having shifting issues with that RD >> in the lowest gears. >> So what do you have on hand ? Any friction or other shifters ? A normal >> RD ? >> If you have only one start with the one you have. If you have both I'd >> start with the trying a normal RD. >> Doesn't it state on the Riv page the "nobody squawks at a Deore" ? >> Hah hah ... the w-w-w is a very large place and the squawking do take >> place. >> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 3:55:34 PM UTC-5 Andrew Turner wrote: >> >>> I've got the Deore shadow rear mech that Riv sells, a 12-36 9 speed >>> cassette and Silver bar-end shifters and I noticed it takes waayyyyy more >>> effort to pull the lever up to run the lower gears than before. I'm >>> considering using their downtube shifters for a little extra leverage. Is >>> this due to the stronger spring in the rear mech or what? Is there >>> something i can do or will time and use make it easier? >>> >>> And just to vent, this shadow design is a little, well, dumb. I can't >>> throw the chain across the whole range to the small cog without it getting >>> stuck on the part of the mech where the limit screws are. Not that I would >>> ever do that but damn. >> >> -- >> 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/aDmb6lEk0D4/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52f5e6dd-8eb7-41e7-ad7e-b929d0be3fabn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52f5e6dd-8eb7-41e7-ad7e-b929d0be3fabn%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/bca04d5a-0534-4367-a7b7-81f0bb2c39ddn%40googlegroups.com.
