Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: RE: Re: Fine Tuning Shifting Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 11:10:18 -0500 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <18yoO.17738$iptd.15227@fx36.iad> <6spvO.328806$gJuc.53862@fx10.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:10:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b1343aa1785951fa7a6f3a8e17d190a7"; logging-data="1078054"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX189fs4uIhGVOenjdaow6WBK" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:auIyOeDZAoaz8RulLdCFISyvJPQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <6spvO.328806$gJuc.53862@fx10.iad> Bytes: 2734 On 8/15/2024 10:49 AM, cyclintom wrote: > On Wed Aug 14 19:29:27 2024 zen cycle wrote: >>> On 8/14/2024 3:35 PM, cyclintom wrote: >>>> >>>> I am willing to believe that Flunky raced friction shifters but that >>>> his memory of that is so poor that he doesn't even remember how he did >>>> it. >> >> Yes tom, I remember quite distinctly how I did it. >> >>>> On the beginning of a YouTube video (about a race Lemond won) >>>> there was a HEADER showing a freewheel frcition setup going through >>>> the gears and there was perfectly distinct pauses between gears as the >>>> power was shut down. >> >> No, there isn't. If you have a link to this video that shows someone >> stopping pedaling to shift, post it. You don't stop pedaling to shift, >> ever, you fucking idiot. >> >>>> What was also distinct about that video was that >>>> racers did NOT follow as closely as they do now because of that large >>>> variation in power causing accelerations to be rather spotty. >> >> You're the same guy who said down tube shifters are in the way of your >> knees, and also said one must look down to shift down tube shifters. I >> think it's pretty clear who is the one here that has no fucking clue >> what he's talking about. >> > > > > > Greg LeMond was filmed looking down to shift friction shifters but you're so much better than him you don't need to. I wonder who it is that doesn't have a clue? Even I ( never had a racing license) don't look at my gear levers. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971