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Lacustral
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i have a '99 Rans Tailwind, 62-52-39 crankset and 11-12-14-16-18-21-24-28 cassette. The shifter it
came with was a grip shifter, SRAM 7.0 ESP. I liked the rapid fire shifters on my mountain bike so
i asked the bike shop if they could put some on the tailwind. Fine, they said. But, the front
shifter doesn't work. I can shift onto the largest front chainring OK but it will hardly go onto
the smallest at all. Even with the bike shops best efforts at adjusting the derailleur it still
doesn't work.
Is the original front grip shifter the best shifter for those front chainrings? I don't know how
well it will shift because it got out of adjustment quickly. I didn't need the smallest chainring.
Now I'm living in a very hilly area and i do want the smallest chainring.
They said there is a rapid fire shifter now that is meant for road derailleurs, like i have, the
Shimano R440. Would that work ok on the large front chainrings?
Also, the lowest gear on this bike isn't low enough for the steeper hills. i really need to go about
walking speed on the really steep hills. I like the highest gear -- can i get a lower low gear
without sacrificing the high gear?
thanks Laura
came with was a grip shifter, SRAM 7.0 ESP. I liked the rapid fire shifters on my mountain bike so
i asked the bike shop if they could put some on the tailwind. Fine, they said. But, the front
shifter doesn't work. I can shift onto the largest front chainring OK but it will hardly go onto
the smallest at all. Even with the bike shops best efforts at adjusting the derailleur it still
doesn't work.
Is the original front grip shifter the best shifter for those front chainrings? I don't know how
well it will shift because it got out of adjustment quickly. I didn't need the smallest chainring.
Now I'm living in a very hilly area and i do want the smallest chainring.
They said there is a rapid fire shifter now that is meant for road derailleurs, like i have, the
Shimano R440. Would that work ok on the large front chainrings?
Also, the lowest gear on this bike isn't low enough for the steeper hills. i really need to go about
walking speed on the really steep hills. I like the highest gear -- can i get a lower low gear
without sacrificing the high gear?
thanks Laura