patches Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 With you're awesomeness combined with those PT shorts, I'm sure you could make downtube shifters work work amazingly with a Shimano Acera groupo. Oh yeah! Downtube shifters are the business! http://gp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6443180/p4pb6443180.jpg They allow one to do this... braailegend and Helpmytrap 2
Helpmytrap Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 Oh yeah! Downtube shifters are the business! http://gp1.pinkbike.org/p4pb6443180/p4pb6443180.jpg They allow one to do this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwE7sAh2oaIHow do they get around the front brake hose?
patches Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 How do they get around the front brake hose? If the rider has a front brake (many don't) then they get a special star nut and top cap to run the hose through the headtube. Like so... http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/images/custom/headsets/large_gusset.jpg http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/rockshox-turncoat-hydraulic-headtube-spinner05.jpg As for the rear brake. They either allow fr an excess of hose so that it can wrap around once or twice. Or if one has money to burn they can use a Trixer (like the bike in the vid). It's basically a hydraulic "gyro" http://magazine.bikeradar.com/files/2012/02/stem.jpg Helpmytrap 1
Wimmas Posted June 3, 2013 Posted June 3, 2013 (edited) Maybe it's a single component causing the problems. Either have Shaun at Dingo's cycles have a look at your components and provide you with his opinion or do the following: Take a whole day an take apart all components(chain, cassette, derailleurs) , then clean thoroughly with parraffin, lube the chain once the parraffin has evaporated and reassemble. Also put on new cables for the front and rear derailleur if necessary and adjust the front and rear derailleur. Your shifting should improve a lot. If all fails then depending on the shifters you currently have you can buy a new rear and front derailleur, cassette and chain and IF necessary new shifters. My previous bike was a 8 speed and had a deore rear derailleur, altus front derailleur, acera shifters and a cheap shimano cassette and chain - it shifted just as good as my current xt/slx setup, it's not necessary or worth spending more than R2000 on a groupset for a bike that's almost only worth R2000. So take a look at deore/altus/acera components, they're cheaper and work just as good if setup correctly and well looked after. Like I said, Shaun at Dingo's cycles is a fundi, very friendly, always prepared to help and their prices are competitive. Go see him. Edited June 3, 2013 by Wimmas
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