On 2018-01-20 07:53, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/20/2018 9:27 AM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-01-19 16:35, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/19/2018 5:45 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-01-19 14:55, sms wrote:
[...]
That said, the front shifter on my mountain bike stopped
going into high
last Saturday, and I had to buy a replacement set of Deore
shifters, $40
from REI. I opened up the old one but it was beyond my
ability to fix
it, so yesterday I changed the front shifter. Definitely
can see the
advantage of not having the extra complexity. But on the
trail I was on,
which was not steep except for a few short stretches, I
wanted those
high gears.
Could have used the redneck shifter: A somewhat straight
piece of a small branch with a 90 degree li'l branch (or a
nail) sticking out the side. When a buddy's chain pretzeled
and ripped off the front derailer that's how he shifted. It
worked so well that he forgot to order a new derailer for a
few months.
Easy; not even expensive:
http://www.abundantadventures.com/quads.html
Unfortunately though, quote "All Mountain TamerTM adapters
work with cranks having standard 74mm bolt circle (43.4mm
hole spacing) 5 bolt pattern only".
I could remove all the Shimano 600 stuff and mount other
stuff. It won't be expensive to do either but so far I have
tried to keep the old bike somewhat original.
Some day I'll have to. While right now I can still muscle up
the hills there is another more serious problem. I regularly
break spokes. The last one went on Wednesday on the last
10mi home. So I'll soon be looking for a 700c 7-speed FH
rear wheel with 12ga spokes, as many of them as possible. A
tandem wheel would be best but their rims are too wide. The
max tire width I can get in there is 25mm.
Shimano 600 FC6207 triple is indeed 74mm on the small ring.
My Shimano 600 double is 130mm by coarse measurement. The derailer would
not take anymore anyhow, front and rear derailers would need to be
replaced and then I might as well buy a whole new set. Which I might do
some day as I get older or if I start tackling steeper terrain around
here. So far I just walked up really steep parts because there is also a
high chance of snapping a spoke.
--
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/