From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [CR]FD that accommodates triple/half-step??
> For rolling terrain, however, where you're shifting all of the time (and
> when I could ride, I would usually shift at least a dozen times per mile,
> when riding a bike with gears) the need for constant double-shifting makes
> HS+G a major hemorrhoid.
>
> Local riders who have read and followed recommendations of HS+G commonly
> wind up not using the prescribed shift sequence with every other shift a
> double shift, so in effect they wind up with bigger jumps, using the rear
> derailer for most shifting, as most cyclists do.
I always wonder why we must feel obliged to follow(or blame) the shift pattern. Sure, there are times you need to; and btw Suntour barcons make double shifts less of a chore. The rolling terrain in my area changes pretty fast so I do shift the rear, be it half step or a regular double chainring setup.(after that one shift from large to small chain ring).
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa