slowbee, dont waste your R300 on that bike shop. Actually tell them for that kind of daylight robbery you will in future take your business elsewhere.
Do what was suggested and fiddle with your tensioning barrels. Then loosen the bolt and try and retighten and reset. DO NOT play around wih your limiting screws. Once you can do these 2 things all you need to master is prepping your cable outer. This is the most important thing in getting your new installation 100%. Oh, and measaure your cable outer to the same length as the current one if you are happy with your routing and it gives you no problems.
R300 to watch and ask questions!? What a joke!
Have a chat to the Thule guys. There is a new rack that I have seen a couple of (not on their website) that doesnt require you to remove your front wheel and clamps around the front wheel itself. No frame stress for your plastic bits.
I think the one above is a better method of mounting your bike but is a serious ball ache. You have to take your wheel off each time and find somewhere to store.
I use the Prorides and to be honest, they are the easiest way of mounting a bike. I think I have done pretty much everything over the years. I have never tried on a carbon frame but never had any issues with an ali one.
Rapid Fire only came in long after the hippy days.
Either will work. Just remember that you would have to change which lever shifts which way if you had to change to Rapid Rise. My advice would be to stick with what you know. High Normal is regular.
Make sure you get a long cage if you are running a standard 3 x 9 setup.
A rapid rise rests on the large sprocket. It is easier for your tension in the gear cable to move it to a smaller sprocket. Spring moves it back up on to the bigger sprocket. This is the same as low normal. Normal position is the low gear/big sprocket.
"Which RD starts/resting position at the small sprocket at the back and moves up the cluster with a push on the thumb...?" HIGH NORMAL
Another nice thing about running RR derailleur with dual control is that both shifters work in the same way. Click up for an easier gear and down for a more difficult gear.
Yes, they both work.
There is however a reason why Rapid Rise is recommended for dual control. The spring moves the chain to a bigger sprocket which makes for an easier gear shift into a lower gear. Pulling a gear brings it onto a smaller sprocket where the ramps are not needed. Not a massive difference but it is there nonetheless.
Handbags at 30 paces Mr Mulebar! I guess you make mayn assumptions - is it a Shimano chain? is it packaged or loose? Can I read instructions? (Sheldon Brown has nice pictures!) Chill out and be happy! I think its Mrs Mulebar using Mr Mulebars identity. There is no way a Mr would ever read any instructions!
The Blue Oyster!
Or you can just ride as much as possible and protect your ass (Assos, Prep, Milking Balm, whatever works for you). Surgical Spirits is just going to dry your ass out and cause cracks. Did I just say that?
so it was all his fault? PLease give me his name, I would like to chat to him. My family comes from the town where the first shots of the war were fired. No one owned up so if its him he's in deep dwang.
I cant scan this letter in to our local paper but the point is pretty well summed up by a dog walker complaining about cyclists in general. PM me your email addy and I'll scan and mail it to you. Too many people treating public places like their own race track.
I honestly cant say I hear riders coming down. There are also many varieties of singletrack.
I have never ridden Tokai so I cant comment on the specifics. Up here in Gauteng and Mpumalanga the trails are quite rocky and if you are riding a technical uphill chances are there is only 1 line for you to get up. You are watching your wheel or a couple of metres ahead. You also wont hear much over the noise your tyres are making on these loose rocks on this tight line.
We can debate this topic untill the cows come home but the issue remains is that this trail rule has been accpeted by mountain bike organisations around the world. Its like driving on the left hand side of the road. On that note it still amazes me as to how many people still try go right when approaching traffic and almost cause collisions.
