Re: [CR]shifter slippage(frustrated)

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:42:22 -0400
From: "Mara & Steven Maasland" <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]shifter slippage(frustrated)
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Todd asked:
> Having serious slippage problems with Campy clamp-on D.T. shifters
> mated to
> Nuovo Record derailer.I have the d-ring adjuster tightened to the
> maximum
> tension and I'm still getting slippage under load.Anyone have a
> trick or two
> up their sleave to fix this?

This is usually indicative of the screw bottoming out before the proper friction is reached, because it should theoretically be possible to tighten the d-ring such that you can't even move the lever. I would suggest grinding down the screw ever so slightly and retightening. It might also be that paint or other gunk is inside the braze-on. I saw this very often on repainted bikes.

Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ