Thanks for writing up your experiences with these different and quite interesting bikes. I could never get the Silvers to work for me. I wish Grant had gone one (big) step more in engineering and designed them with a ratcheting action like the Suntour Bar-ends I had on some of my older bikes. They seem to shift quite nicely with a soft tick or two and ghost shift far less. YMMV.
I'm sort of fascinated with the level of precision you expect from an ancient and obsolete system of tightening of a cable, and from the human hand after hours of riding. And all this on a system with narrow spacing and thining sprockets. If I was using friction shifting of any kind, I'd be reaching to tighten up the D ring every time I stood up to pedal. It would drive me bonkers speculating what else could be hampering my shifting, there are so many variables. I would first have to convince myself the derailler was up to the job, then study the cable routing and stops also being sure the cables inside your Ferrells are cut and ground cleanly to eliminate any chance of movement. Frayed or broken wire strands? Got some kind of guide for the cables over the bottom bracket? It might be enough to convince me to go back to five speed cassettes. My last cable shifting derailler bike was Campy Chorus, so I've already gone over to the dark side. But, considering what my expectations would be comparing that with the old way, I'm afraid I'd be disappointed too much of the time with friction. Keep up the fight, and be comfortable with whatever you ride with. Phil B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/aSkgDV6WnUAJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
