Re: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-18 Thread PATRICK MOORE
You can use regular, inter-cog spacers. I squeeze two of them at the back end of the cassette so that I can use just seven at the for'ard end of the f/hub body. On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:34 AM, David Spranger daspran...@gmail.com wrote: You can replace your 10 speed cassette with a 7 speed. You

Re: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-17 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 14:14 -0700, lungimsam wrote: There's no friction option on the Silver Shifter? The Silver Shifter is friction only, with no INDEX option. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send

Re: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-17 Thread William
correct. Some complain that as cog spacing gets narrower, it gets harder for them to hit a cog with friction shifters. I have a hard time believing it would be an unacceptably difficult thing, so I'm inclined to try it. Just like I tried using a Dura Ace 9-speed rear derailer as a lighter

Re: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-17 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 14:56 -0700, William wrote: correct. Some complain that as cog spacing gets narrower, it gets harder for them to hit a cog with friction shifters. I have a hard time believing it would be an unacceptably difficult thing, so I'm inclined to try it. Just like I tried

RE: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-17 Thread Marc Schwartz
...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 6:22 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette? I have a 10-speed cassette, but I am starting to get a better feel for when the chain moves. Lately I have been paying attention more and hope I

Re: [RBW] Re: Silver Downtube shifters and 10-speed cassette?

2012-08-17 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 17:22 -0700, lungimsam wrote: I have a 10-speed cassette, but I am starting to get a better feel for when the chain moves. Lately I have been paying attention more and hope I can get better at it. But what would be really cool, is a 5-speed cassette. Maybe for my next