I stopped using indexed shifting about ten years ago, and reverted to friction, which seemed to require less fussing, at least in the shimano version. Now I have a tandem with shimano BE's, which was set up by a bike shop. Perhaps one of you who works with this stuff regularly can offer some guidance.
The rear shifting worked quite well but it took me 2 1/2 years to get the front end shifting predictably (for those of you who have never ridden a tandem, front end shifting is a very different animal). While fixing the front end, which now works perfectly, I replaced the much too big Deore XT RD with an Ultegra 6700 GS, and can't seem to get it to work quite right. The limit screws are good, as is the B screw, and the cable tension feels quite high. The indexed shifter lifts the chain fine from the outside all the way up to the inside (28) cog; but when I start down it will hang up between the 1 & 2 position, then jump two cogs on the next click; it then hangs between 7 & 6, and jumps 2 cogs to 5. After that it is OK, except for that indexing hesitation which I hate. The chain (wipperman 908) has just a few hundred miles on it and the cassette (11-28 HG) is new. Right now, I have reverted to friction which seems to be working fine, but would like to get the dang index to behave! Michael -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
