Thanks for all the help and advice! :)
I went for a ride and practiced shifting the 4 largest cogs. Then I
rode over a hill few times and pedaled harder for few strokes and then
pedaled lighter and shifted. The shifting was really a lot better than
before. It’s still not perfect though. It’s espec
I read from Paul's web site that the Thumbies have 26mm clamp size and
fit standard stem-clamp sleeves. But in the picture at rivbike.com
they are mounted on Nitto bars that should be 24mm diameter:
http://www.rivbike.com/images/products/full//0701/17-124a.jpg
Is it possible to fit them to Ni
For what it's worth, I have silver shifters and a Shimano 12-27
cassette on my Sam, and it shifts exceedingly well. Because of it I
have fallen in love with friction shifting, and have turned off the
indexing on my Fisher monster cross (Shimano 9 speed barcons, custom
12-32 cassette). On the Fisher
I ride a 9 speed/11-32 and an 8 speed12/30 with barend Silvers. Both
work flawlessly. Disclaimer...I live on a big hill, and most of my
riding includes big hills. I get a lot of practice. Also, I've been
using friction shifting pretty much my whole life so it seems second
nature. Not sure I cou
I use 8-speed on all the Rivendells. Silver shifters with an 8speed
SRAM 11-32 cassette. I use a normal rise rear derailleur, and I can
absolutely shove it from the second-largest to the largest cog under
load silently. Shifting to a smaller cog is already lightly loaded,
because I'm shifting to
Thanks for all the replys.
My bike is quite new and the shifting is fine other than the largest
cogs. If the problem was with derailleur hanger, would it affect all
the gears?
If forgot to say that the cassette is 9 speed (11-34).
Grant Petersen's advice on the Shifting page on rivbike.com sound
On two different bikes I use Silver downtube shifters with 7 speed
IRD freewheels
and Campy Mirage and a Champ rear derailleur.
I can't believe how well this works in comparison to 70's-80's top
end Campy (Record/Super Record).
I stil have to ease off a little to down shift while climbing but, a
While I like and use the Silver shifters on my Sam Hillborne, that
bike has a 7 speed freewheel. Did try it with an eight speed cassette
and did not like the shifting characteristics. Seemed to my
fingerbrain that the correct spot was right between "clicks" on the
the shifter, so nothing was real
Steve: my post referred to my experience with 9 sp cassettes. I do
use Silvers on 7 speed freewheels (13-28) and 9 speed 12-27's, but
I've never tried a wide range 7 speed (like your 13-30).
On Aug 17, 2:34 pm, Steve Palincsar wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 14:22 -0700, reynoldslugs wrote:
> > I
I have the same setup on several bikes, and had the same problem.
Even after a successful shift, the chain skipped a lot when using the
three biggest cogs on the rear cassette. On my bikes that have the
11-34 or 12-34 rear cassette, I have switched over to Shimano indexed
bar-end shifters, which h
I think what he meant is the general comment that the more pressure
you have on the pedals, the harder it is for your drivetrain to
execute a shift. Selecting the right gear and sticking with it for
the entire hill is one approach. The single speeders here certainly
know what that feels like. An
Thanks for the answer.
I guess I need to go to the closest hills and ride around until I
learn how to shift :)
Did you mean that for the steeper hills, before it gets steep I should
figure out a gear that I can maintain the whole hill? So I actually
wouldn't shift at all when riding uphill?
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When you're shifting while climbing you really need to anticipate a
shift and begin changing gears before the grade of the hill becomes
steeper. If you're trying to shift with any substantial pressure on
the pedals there's too much tension on the chain to allow the
derailleur to move the chain up
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