Figured out the culprit. I had the cable housing running from the shifter pod all the way up the full length of the drop handlebar. I think the shallow drop and sharp angles of the modern Ritchey Butano bars was a bit too much for the cable to run smoothly in friction mode. I redid the routing and it works like a charm now. Adjusting the B limit screw also (mostly) fixed the rubbing problem with the shadow derailleur.
On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 6:36:03 PM UTC-6 Andrew Turner wrote: > Noted! Maybe I'll stick to it then. It has been over a year since I've run > 9 speeds. > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 5:28 PM Joe Bernard <joer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 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/bca04d5a-0534-4367-a7b7-81f0bb2c39ddn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/bca04d5a-0534-4367-a7b7-81f0bb2c39ddn%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/995c9377-7b82-4371-a219-e36b13deb0c4n%40googlegroups.com.
