Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

If you have downtube shifter bosses on the frame you can get Shimano cable adjusters to fit over them, these are used with STI shifters. VO also sells some Dajia ones (don't look as nice as Shimano) for $10. If you don't have shifter bosses, you can as Rene has said install inline adjusters

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Those rear derailers, and even the 9 speed XT 772 no longer have the barrel adjuster since the mountain shifters have them. When using bar end shifters, you can insert some 3rd party cable barrel adjusters in the housing between the handlebar and the down tube mounts, but if you're running

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Thanks, Bill. Jon Dukeman had a similar suggestion. It looks pretty close and sounds smooth. I think I'll ride it a while until I can get it to a shop to align it properly. Now I know tool to ask if they have for a precision alignment. Jim, I didn't realize it didn't have a barrel adjuster

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I busted a very nice Microshift road rd on the Fargo when I caught a stick in the wheel. The cage shattered, the rd hangar bent inward at 90*, jamming against the small cog, but strangely, no spoke broke. LBS fixed it fine. I felt the wheel skid, and immediately (~.00443 second) slammed on the

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

" I am wondering if there is a way of checking to make sure if the hanger is aligned properly. I don't want to cause any extra wear if it's still slightly twisted. Any tips on how to check this or to align it properly?" Eyeball it. Get your face behind the rear derailer and down low. Are

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Grant's incident was different than mine. I had noticed a clicking noise recently, particulary during hard pedal strokes. Turned out that a link of the chain was coming loose and when it broke open, it hooked the derailleur and twisted it up nicely. Lesson learned... check the chain more

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I found Grant's incident interesting because I did the same thing - not enough chain for big-big combo, and it locked me up. My case was 54-34 combo on '72 Schwinn Sports Tourer, which I tried to hit after flying fast down a valley and up the other side, fogetting to drop to the 30 ring. In my

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Got a deore on my Sam. It's awesome On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Surlyprof wrote: > Riding my canti-Hillborne to work today, my pedals came to a very abrupt > stop. One of the chain links popped and hooked the rear cage. Not as bad > as Grant's incident on the blug

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I too use the M772 XT rear derailer that Riv sells on my Sam and it's been fantastic. It survived a 3-mile section of mud last year in the Dirty Kanza when ever other rider was snapping rear derailers. That being said, my Roadeo demo from Riv oddly enough has the cheapo Claris mid-cage rear

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I love my XT shadow on my Sam. Jon >> -- 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

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I use the XT RD-M772 "shadow" derailleur on my Riv. The M770 version of that RD has "normal" cable routing. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Bruce Baker wrote: > Joe, > Check out ebay there are a few listed that are pretty cheap. > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:25 PM,

Re: [RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Joe, Check out ebay there are a few listed that are pretty cheap. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Surlyprof wrote: > Riding my canti-Hillborne to work today, my pedals came to a very abrupt > stop. One of the chain links popped and hooked the rear cage. Not as bad > as

[RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I'm running a short cage claris on my Sam and I've been happy with it- that is to say, I don't think about it and just seems to work. It is nice choice for about $30. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from

[RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

I get the whimsy and anti-derailer-snobbery that GP sees in the Altus, but I don't think I could bring myself to put one on a nice bike like your Sam. It makes more sense to me on the complete CLEM builds, which are intended to be a budget entry into Rivbikes. My thinking there is that you

[RBW] Rear derailer on my Hillborne

Riding my canti-Hillborne to work today, my pedals came to a very abrupt stop. One of the chain links popped and hooked the rear cage. Not as bad as Grant's incident on the blug but my trusty LX is now a severly damaged single speed limping home tonight (after replacing the chain). I thought