Hi there! It’s Friday! Isn’t that implausible?
I could also be a motorbike blogger, however I’m actually not a journalist. But at the moment is a big day for me, as a result of I get to interrupt the story of Rivendell’s new rear derailleur in a mainstream publication:
Not solely that, however I’m even much less of a photographer than I’m a journalist–and but there are my pictures in that very same mainstream publication!
I actually have arrived.
If you happen to’re a Rivendell fan that they’ve been engaged on a low-normal derailleur for a while. (And when you’re undecided whether or not or not you’re a Rivendell fan, simply look down and see whether or not or not you’re carrying sandals.) Right here’s their rationalization, straight from their packaging, which incorporates extra helpful data than my whole story:
RIVENDELL’S S!LVER OM-1, BETTER BECAUSE IT’S BACKWARDS
Most rear derailers are “high-normal” (HN) fashion: With no cable rigidity,the spring pulls the pulleys to the HIGH gear (small cog). The spring ina “low-normal” (LN) derailer pulls the chain to LOW gear. Our S!LVER OM-1is this kind. The OM means “reverse motion,” which works higher,linguistically, than “low-normal,” since “low-normal” isn’t regular. All frontderailers are LN, so whenever you add a LN rear, the left and proper shifterswork in mirror picture; the identical course or the identical levers for prime or lowgears. “Ghost shifts” and the uncommon damaged or slipped cable default you tolower gears, a blessing on steep hills or within the boonies. LN shifting takesten shifts to get used to, twenty shifts to like, and there isn’t one downside.
Anyway, it’s a great day for me and an incredible day for the way forward for cable-actuated drivetrains.
Journey secure, thanks for studying, and will any friction you expertise this weekend be the nice sort.
Love,
–Tan Tenovo
