- - Friction over Index
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chaadster
01-13-14 09:18 PM
Originally Posted by zacster
(Post 16408573)
10 speed (and other) cassettes have much better shifting performance than the old freewheels ever did due to the ramps and profiles on the teeth and better chains. Just a touch of the shifter puts me in the next gear either way, and I can always multi shift too with a swing of the lever.
Yes, that's a good point. With the advent of Hyperglide, really, in the mid-80s or somewhere around there, shifting really made a huge jump in performance. Indexing further refined it, but the gains were really more oriented toward sport riding and racing, so while still performance gains, they weren't as valuable to the recreational cyclist, perhaps, as Hyperglide was.
Paramount1973
01-13-14 09:36 PM
Originally Posted by Beneficial Ear
(Post 16392204)
Elected to keep the stem friction shifters in place as I built up my Schwinn Traveler for commuting duty. I actually have the 8 speed 2200 shifters from my other bike mounted as well as an 8 speed cassette... but after a year of battling with those things I gotta say its so far the simplicity of the friction system is very refreshing. The 2200 shifters are only there for their comfortable hoods, and I do not foresee ever hooking them up for commuting duty ever again.
Has anyone else here dropped index for friction on their commuter bike?
I did not exactly drop indexed for friction, but when I built up my current commuter, I decided to go with Suntour barcons because I had a nice set handy. My road bike has Ultegra indexed bar-end shifters and they're nice but the Suntours work very well. I don't miss the indexing, friction shifting on a Hyperglide cassette with pinned and ramped chainrings is pretty sweet.
noglider
01-14-14 10:01 AM
I prefer indexed, but friction is fine with me. I don't plan to convert any of my too-many bikes, either from or to friction.
