Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
no, seriously...they are chunky shifting, require constant tuning and don't fine tune well. I'd rather use friction.
I guess my 7400 and 6400 equipped bikes have both been anomalies. They do shift aggressively (chunky?) but they are fast and I've never had any difficulty dialing them in perfectly. I've only had to adjust the barrel adjuster on the 6400 bike once after the initial adjustment, and it's worked flawlessly over the last couple thousand miles. I use that bike on club rides (when I don't ride the modern rig) and it's never even come close to letting me down.
If what you say were true I'd understand but 2/2 of my first hand experiences with
good indexed drivetrains have shown otherwise. Suntour and campagnolo, I can definitely buy what you're saying.