Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I don't think you're being too fussy at all.
I don't think he's being fussy.
Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
being fussy about your gears will make you more comfortable and less injury prone.
Having close gears can make things more comfortable but I haven't seen anything that less-than-close ratios is associated with an increase in injuries (we aren't talking about range). That is, I suspect that any reasonable thing that people would do with modern components have close-enough ratios to not have any "injury" issues.
Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I have the same approach that you have. I have one bike with 9 speed rear, triple in front, running non-indexed barcons. It's totally simple and I have no problems with it. It's just like playing a trombone. In a few rides, you'll know exactly where your gears are and how to hit them first try.
I don't know why people don't run gear charts instead. People with triples have even more reason to run gear charts.
Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
With barcons, you can run both shifters at the same time and never take your hands off the bars.
You can shift both brifters
and have your hands on the "controls"
and have access to the brake
all at the same time!
While you have to take your hand off of the bar, you can shift downtube shifters at the same time too (it
is a bit harder).
(Barcon shifters are perfectly fine!)
Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
In redoing my derailleur pulleys for that bike, I took the float out of both of them and that made the shifting too fussy, though it worked fine on my STI bikes. So don't do that.
The "float" is
engineered in (that is, it's there for a reason). Don't second guess your derailler system manufacturer!