I do have a strong opinion: Whenever anybody says this: "I'm thinking of trying potential solution X to see if it works slightly better for me in situation Y. What do you think?" My strong opinion is usually: "absolutely, try it and see how it works out for you!"
That's my strong opinion. :) I'm a little confused by the assertion that "the premise of friction shifting" is to give better shifting under load than indexed shifting. I don't consider that to be common knowledge, nor would I use that as a reason to try to convince somebody to try friction shifting. I do encourage people to try friction shifting, and I encourage people to be open to using index shifting also. Being able to operate "any" shifting system is a nice skill to have, and trying a lot of things and using what one likes best is also a worthwhile endeavor. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Monday, May 25, 2026 at 5:45:15 AM UTC-7 Steven Seelig wrote: > I'm incredibly pleased with using the OM one on my new Charlie with bar > and friction shifters. Then I climb onto my platy, which has the old style > Deore XT 9 speed and Shimano trigger shifters and, as one would expect, the > shifting prowess sometimes works well, but under load sometimes is less > than precise. > > Sure, that's the premise of friction shifting for any derailleur and is > completely understandable. The question becomes, if I changed to an OM-1 > with the trigger shifters would my life improve much or would I still be in > the same place because trigger shifters are inherently inferior or would I > see some improvements under load. > > I am sure folks have strong opinions on this. I'd be most interested to > hear if anyone has actually had the temerity to try doing this. > > Steve Seelig in DC. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a3e86b24-ceec-4729-a943-2d8ce731278bn%40googlegroups.com.
