Originally Posted by
Ron Damon
Never noticed and experienced this slow shifting on the smaller cogs with the Zee RD in the six years I've been using it. Shifting does most definitely not take place on the order of one or two seconds. I would check your chain length and RD tension if you are experiencing shifting so glacially slow. Saint and Zee would have been laughed out of existence if this were true. No mountain cyclist would put up with that. Definitely not normal or standard with Zee.
So you were right about the chain length. I replaced the old one which was under heavy load the whole time while I was on tours. I tried 50KM with a new chain and the shifting has improved.