Malduik Posted June 30, 2010 Share Hey PeepsI fitted a used pair of X7 shifters to a training MTB bike yesterday. when i shift it keeps on skipping one gear, i.e. 1, 3, 5 etc. I presume the shifter takes and releases too much cable with each shift. Can i adjust the shifter? (sorry to bug you guys, i've been waiting for 'Zin and the art of MTB Maintenance' for over a month from Kalahari. Apparently the WC is delaying all deliveries nationwide) Cheers Malduik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted June 30, 2010 Share Get a sram der.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowta Posted June 30, 2010 Share Hey PeepsI fitted a used pair of X7 shifters to a training MTB bike yesterday. when i shift it keeps on skipping one gear, i.e. 1, 3, 5 etc. I presume the shifter takes and releases too much cable with each shift. Can i adjust the shifter? (sorry to bug you guys, i've been waiting for 'Zin and the art of MTB Maintenance' for over a month from Kalahari. Apparently the WC is delaying all deliveries nationwide) Cheers Malduik What rear derailleur do you have on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malduik Posted June 30, 2010 Share Shimano LX.Does it matter? (the casette size is the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudsimus Posted June 30, 2010 Share The Sram shifters have a different shifting ratio than shimano. So you need a Sram rear der. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malduik Posted June 30, 2010 Share All the rest LX, so i'll rather get shimmy shifters. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewie911 Posted June 30, 2010 Share No. Just get a sram rear deraileur. That's all. You can still use shimano casette, chain, front derailleur etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted June 30, 2010 Share Watch out for some X9 SRAM RD's - I have had two that stick! Must have been a batch fault .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewie911 Posted June 30, 2010 Share How do you mean stick?Like get stuck in biggest cog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted June 30, 2010 Share Sticky X9 RD: The movement up and down is not smooth and hesitates causing crunchy gears - even off the bike you can feel it. Some guy even posted up a utoob of the problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCxEeX1t_so Caused me lots of grief. Tried everything to get gears right, eventually nailed it down to this problem, then saw others on the net picked it up as well. I 'upgraded' to X0, sent the one X9 I got from CRC back to them and got a voucher for the full value, other I got locally still with Solomons and 'the rep' but I can see a scrap coming on, there for even just a credit. It's not a design problem: its a manufacturing / batch problem with clearances or something: they should do the right thing and do a recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewie911 Posted June 30, 2010 Share O ok. Bought mine December last year and it's working perfectly. Got a medium cage though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malduik Posted July 1, 2010 Share StewieAre you a Sram rep? Or are you just trying to poison my mind with your crazy Sram talk??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted July 1, 2010 Share Rode Shimano for 3 years - Changed to SRAM this year (X0 trigger / X9 RD combo) and haven't missed a gear since. Nothing like a picture to illustrate a point: New bike will have SRAM X0 Gripshift / XO RD combo. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted July 1, 2010 Share Rode Shimano for 3 years - Changed to SRAM this year (X0 trigger / X9 RD combo) and haven't missed a gear since. Nothing like a picture to illustrate a point: New bike will have SRAM X0 Gripshift / XO RD combo. B)youtube.com/watch?v=AZQf1bduGYs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted July 1, 2010 Share If you like the way Sram shifters work above Shimano. you can always just use the Rocket or Attack shifters. These are excellent prices for shifters. http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/sram-attack-9-spd-trigger-shifters http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/sram-rocket-9-spd-trigger-shifters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted July 1, 2010 Share The extra price of X0 is well worth it I reckon. As much as I would like to support local industry, even the cheapest here is just about 2x the CRC price, and about the price of an X9 (which could well be a lemon) The X0 is very well made: and you can take it all apart to service it, the pins on the quadrilateral have circlips on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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