Thread: Losing a quick link while riding, no damage?
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Old 05-09-26 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SoSmellyAir
No, the other way. Look at the circled photo posted by lnanek directly above.
so it can be assumed that Shimano is more concerned with he shift pins in the Chainrings causing disconnects, than the ramps in the cassette cogs, or the rubbing of the FD cage, during low load shifts.
somewhat higher chain loading during shifts would reduce the separations to zero.

so much for the old school friction lever "back off and sneak up on front shifts" technique, eh?
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