[RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-30 Thread Montclair BobbyB
them both. From: William tapebu...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 7:07:15 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished My buddy Doug bought a complete bike A.H.H. off

[RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-30 Thread Earl Grey
-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 7:07:15 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished My buddy Doug bought a complete bike A.H.H. off the floor at Riv HQ. His rear cassette had two problem gears that bugged him to distraction.  I rode behind him

[RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-29 Thread doug peterson
Jason: I was having some weird, unintended shifting issues a while back and someone on the list suggested looking at the RD pulleys. Specifically, if your rear derailer is intended for indexing, the upper pulley may be floating, i.e., have a lot of free play. My problem went away when I swapped

[RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-29 Thread newenglandbike
You might also check the alignment of the RD.Park has a tool called the DAG for measuring alignment of the hanger (any decent bike shop should have it). Very often you'll find that the hanger is out of alignment, if only slightly, even on new bikes.Aligning it not only helps with

[RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-29 Thread William
My buddy Doug bought a complete bike A.H.H. off the floor at Riv HQ. His rear cassette had two problem gears that bugged him to distraction. I rode behind him on an S24O and it was obviously not right. He'd shift perfectly into the 3rd cog, and as soon as he put some real pressure on the thing,

Re: [RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished

2010-10-29 Thread Bruce
. From: William tapebu...@gmail.com To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 7:07:15 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: More on 7 speed...plus Bleriot finally finished My buddy Doug bought a complete bike A.H.H. off the floor at Riv HQ. His rear cassette had two