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Larry Coon
Guest
After always having ridden Italian steel frames
with Campy components (and a long absence from
riding recently), I just bought my first Shimano-
equipped bike (a Trek 5200, with Ultegra).
There are some things associated with the index
shifting that annoy me, and I don't know whether
these problems are inherent to these components:
-- It seems like I don't have as much control
over the front derailleur as I have with
Campy. Many times now I've wanted to trim
the front derailleur by about a half-click.
-- Related to the above, if I'm riding my big
chainring with one of the inner cogs, if
the chain is hitting the inner plate of the
front derailleur, then it's sometimes not
possible to move the derailleur in a little
bit without downshifting & upshifting.
-- I can't change gears while braking. Do people
brake with the front, shift with the back and
vice-versa?
Before I spend a lot of time tweaking the
adjusments, I thought I'd better check to see if
this is something I just have to live with. Is
Dura-Ace any better WRT these problems?
Larry Coon
University of California
(And I'm still reaching for the thumb levers, but
that's another issue....)
with Campy components (and a long absence from
riding recently), I just bought my first Shimano-
equipped bike (a Trek 5200, with Ultegra).
There are some things associated with the index
shifting that annoy me, and I don't know whether
these problems are inherent to these components:
-- It seems like I don't have as much control
over the front derailleur as I have with
Campy. Many times now I've wanted to trim
the front derailleur by about a half-click.
-- Related to the above, if I'm riding my big
chainring with one of the inner cogs, if
the chain is hitting the inner plate of the
front derailleur, then it's sometimes not
possible to move the derailleur in a little
bit without downshifting & upshifting.
-- I can't change gears while braking. Do people
brake with the front, shift with the back and
vice-versa?
Before I spend a lot of time tweaking the
adjusments, I thought I'd better check to see if
this is something I just have to live with. Is
Dura-Ace any better WRT these problems?
Larry Coon
University of California
(And I'm still reaching for the thumb levers, but
that's another issue....)