Justin: My experience with 8 speed is with the ancient Suntour Bar Cons, & I have no problems. I try indexing from time to time but the fussiness, even with 8, keeps me coming back to friction. I travel with my Atlantis so it gets packed & shipped. It always seems to take a couple of days on a tour to get the indexing working correctly.
Riv says if you like the old Bar Cons, you'll love the Silvers. May give them a try, just for fun. dougP On Oct 3, 1:31 pm, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com> wrote: > So it's time to get a new cassette for the Bleriot and I'm in a bit of > a quandary. Last time I tried friction shifting something was just > off. It wouldn't hold a gear when I started cranking on the bike going > up hills or on the flats. Slipping gears drive me bonkers so I dropped > it and went indexed. > > However, I recently moved the 700c wheels from my SOMA Double Cross > (which the Bleriot replaced) to the Lady's bike. I grabbed an 8 speed > cassette from Firehouse bikes and she's been shifting with absolutely > 0 problems with her Suntour power ratchet thumbies. > > Since it's time to get a new cassette and I wouldn't mind spending the > scrilla on some Silvers - should I be worried about friction shifting > across an 8 speed cassette still? I I would probably roll with an > 11-28 or 11-30 cassette with 48x36x24 in the front. Last time I was > using a 9 speed cassette with a single ring up front and I think that > could have been the problem. > > Am I being ridiculous and just order up? > > -Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
