Sujet : Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems
De : frkrygow (at) *nospam* sbcglobal.net (Frank Krygowski)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 24. May 2025, 03:45:28
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On 5/23/2025 1:05 PM, pH wrote:
On 2025-05-23, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On 5/22/2025 5:01 PM, pH wrote:
On 2025-05-22, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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<snip good deed adventure>
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To me, it's justification for my preference for bar end shifters for
touring. I prefer simple devices with only visible problems.
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Well, it just so happens that bar end shifters are God's favourite.
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If they're good enough for Him they're good enough for me. I have one
SunTour and one Rivendell on my road bike at the moment.
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Friction shifting,, by the way...no indexing.
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Agreed!
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Well, one bike has them indexing; but I sometimes set it to friction
mode when the indexing gets unreliable.
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Since I only have a six-speed freewheel (cluster? What *is* the proper
word...) friction is not finicky at all...
This is one of my folding bikes. The fold and unfold process flexes the cables pretty extremely. It usually settles down after a few miles of riding.
-- - Frank Krygowski
Helping a tourist with STI problems
Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems
