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[deptfordmarmoset]

Not shifting. But when I select 7 after, it shifts down to 7, i.e. jumps straight from 5 to 7. If I want sprocket 6, I've got to go back the other way.

These are 3 x 8 trigger shifters btw.

Odd. What effect would a slight reduction in cable tension have, do you think?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Had an interesting day off. I had planned route which would have been close to a hundred miles but the wind and the hailstones on the mountains meant I trimmed it short to about fifty miles. In the course of those fifty miles I suffered two punctures (thorn in back tyre, later a bit of glass in the front and to round it off a broken chain. All repaired at the roadside.

Also a bird tried to help itself to my cake at the cafe stop when I was looking at something on my phone... View attachment 551462

Chuffing filching chaffinches!

 

[Reynard]

Odd. What effect would a slight reduction in cable tension have, do you think?

Tried that, and it made it worse... Ended up with the cycling equivalent of a bunch of neutrals.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The cycling equivalent of a bunch of neutrals. Tried that, and it made it worse...

 

[tyred]

Tried that, and it made it worse... Ended up with the cycling equivalent of a bunch of neutrals.

I'd say the cable would need to be slightly tighter if anything.

Is there any possible compatibility issue with spacing on the cassette/shifter or derailleur pull issue? All my bikes are friction shift so I don't really know about what works with what in terms of indexing.

 

[Reynard]

I'll get there @deptfordmarmoset . Never set up a drivetrain from scratch before, so I'm bound to have overlooked something that you more experienced bods would have done as a matter of course.

It's the nature of the beast, isn't it?

 

[Reynard]

I'd say the cable would need to be slightly tighter if anything.

Is there any possible compatibility issue with spacing on the cassette/shifter or derailleur pull issue? All my bikes are friction shift so I don't really know about what works with what in terms of indexing.

No compatibility issues that I'm aware of. Am running a Shimano HG31-I8 11-32 cassette with Altus rear derailleur and Shimano EZ-fire shifters. I think the latter are Sora.

AFAIK that sort of thing starts higher up the groupset foodchain...

 

[classic33]

I'm cooking potatoes.

Fire extinguisher to hand whilst doing this?

 

[Jenkins]

108 hours and 20 minutes until I have to be back at work.

 

[classic33]

108 hours and 20 minutes until I have to be back at work.

Stop clock watching, it'll only make time flow quicker.

 

[Jenkins]

Technically my holiday finishes at midnight. I then have Saturday & Sunday off as the two rest days for this week and Monday & Tuesday off as the two rest days for next week, followed by 10 straight days at work.

Stop clock watching, it'll only make time flow quicker.

If this is true, I'll be clock watching constantly on those 10 days!

 

[Reynard]

I've just made myself a and have cracked open four walnuts to snack on.

 

[classic33]

One for @Reynard & @Jenkins.
Where and when was the first "Grand Prix"?

 

[classic33]

Technically my holiday finishes at midnight. I then have Saturday & Sunday off as the two rest days for this week and Monday & Tuesday off as the two rest days for next week, followed by 10 straight days at work.

If this is true, I'll be clock watching constantly on those 10 days!

You want to go back early?

Then time dilation turns the clock slower, not faster.

 

[Reynard]

One for @Reynard & @Jenkins.
Where and when was the first "Grand Prix"?

That would depend on the context. Are you talking Grand Prix as a motor race that had its roots in reliability trials and the Gordon Bennett Cup races, or Grand Prix as pertains to the Formula One world championship.

If it's the latter, then Silverstone 1950 is your answer.

If it's the former, then 1906, a French Grand Prix held on a road circuit just to the east of the current one used for the Le Mans 24 hours.