Originally Posted by
terry b
Did you flip the wheel in the cage?
There are two positions for different conditions. Mine came set-up in the opposite position relative to what I required and the directions were not particularly clear. I looked at it a couple of times, thinking it was just fine. The shifting was sloppy and imprecise, as one might expect. I figured it out, flipped it and it works just fine. Shifts just like it's not there.
So count me as "one of those people successfully using Shiftmates."
Hmmm...I'll have to try that. Though I'll be waiting until spring before my bike sees the roads again, so I'll get back to this thread in March.
EDIT: Crikey, I just had a look, and I believe I do have it set up wrong. I don't know why I never caught that when I looked at the instructions. I'll have to change that.