I tried rapid rise last time I was in Walnut Creek. I really liked it. I ditched friction about ten years ago though. Dislike friction for the same reason I like rapid rise: Hills! The San Francisco Bay Area is the home of long hills, steep hills and long, steep hills. I can't count the times I have been grinding up a hill with a derailleur in friction only to have my rear derailleur decide I was in the wrong gear and shift for me.
But rapid rise? It makes it trivial to get to a bigger cog. Just bought a rapid rise derailleur for my new Roadeo. Up till recently, I could not see any point in rapid rise. Now that I have tried it - it makes perfect sense. I wonder how many people that disdain rapid rise have actually tried it? Namaste, Corwin On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:33:25 PM UTC-7 Ray Varella wrote: > I’m definitely in for at least one. > > I’m also curious about the V-brakes. The feature of being able to open far > enough to clear a fat tire has me sold. > > Ray > > On Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:33:54 AM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: > >> From the Blahh: >> “Yesterday our first sample rear derailer was sent to us from ye olde >> People's Republic of China, made by the same people who've made the >> derailers many of you are riding with now, assuming they are not Shimano or >> Microshift or Campagnolo. They made it according to our design, which >> borrowed some of its geometry from Shimano's Rapid Rise derailers, which I >> ordinarily wouldn't do, but justify now because Shimano has discontinued >> this style of derailer, and it's too good to be extinct. If Shimano decides >> to make them again, which NO WAY, they'd have to do it before we sink tons >> of money and have to stop and disappoint the factory and lose all kinds of >> international face. It's complicated. Nobody in Taiwan is interested. >> Nobody in America is capable beyond "theoretically." It sure can't happen >> in Europe. A small CNC machinist is not going to do it, assembly and all, >> for less than a price to us that would mean a price to you of less than >> $800. So please don't punch up at your beloved Rivendell or an unbeloved me >> for "going to China." China is the only way these are gonna get made >> before Kingdom Come. Your buddy the machinist is not capable of making one >> of these in a form and with a price that will work.” >> >> I’ll also be ordering at least one of these. I’ve wasted enough dollars >> and hours trying to find a RD that will fit a 11-40t cassettes and keep the >> chain tight with a double crankset (46/30t). This looks like a shinny >> silver bullet solution for a fair price. >> >> Does it look like a 11t jockey and 13t pulley? >> >> On Friday, 29 April 2022 at 17:22:13 UTC-7 Johnny Alien wrote: >> >>> Big pulley and rapid rise. Gonna buy a couple of these. >>> [image: Screen Shot 2022-04-29 at 8.21.30 PM.png] >>> >> -- 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/9bed3c61-470e-4b37-a9f9-311896fb9901n%40googlegroups.com.
