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Perhaps a request for corporate crossing of fingers among all cycle blazers would have sorted your derailleur more quickly :). Here’s hoping all your bad luck has been used up for the trip!
2 years agoThat hat is *you*!
2 years agoLove how he carefully planned his outfit for this photo.
2 years agoNope. Just deep appreciation of his favorite spice. 😉
2 years agoIf I were a cat, that's where I would want to sit!
2 years agoThanks! I’m sure your magic fingers made all the difference. I should have asked for this sooner.
2 years agoI’ve ended up learning the tech stuff at a young impressionable age. I can only hope to retain a portion of it when I reach 75. Actually, I’d settle for being able to still ride bike and enjoy it when I hit 75. Fingers crossed you get that derailleur sorted today!
2 years agoIt is a lot like a small pizza, which surprised me because it was labeled as a bruschetta.
2 years agoWonderful - a complicated learning opportunity. See how much you seek those out when you have a 75 year old skull resting on your shoulders!
2 years agoThanks for the advice, Dave. It’s good that it’s basically level all the way to the train station, so I plan to just keep it in a safe gear and bike easily. Really I could make it there on a one-speed, as I did when this happened to me 30 years ago, 300 miles from Paris at the end of our first tour in Europe. We had just dropped into the Loire valley from the Central Massif, and I rode it as a one speed the rest of the way in. Great fun.
2 years agoFunny‐ I too mistook it for a chair at first glance. But I realized my error before reading the caption.
2 years agoAs long as your limit screws are adjusted you shouldn’t need to worry about the chain jumping into the spokes.
I’m surprised your gears are shifting well at all. rear derailleurs typically do not like working with cassettes of different than intended speeds because of the pull ratio issue Rachel mentioned. It comes down to how much cable is pulled with each shift. Shimano uses different pull ratios even with their road vs mountain bike derailleurs. SRAM at least uses the same ratio for both so you’ve got more options for derailleurs there. SRAM and shimano aren’t compatible because of that, thought you can use any brand rear cassette as long as it has the correct number of cogs. I ran into that with a 10 speed derailleur. I bought a used cassette and could not figure out why i wasn’t able to adjust the shifting until I counted the number of cogs. Turns out I’d been sold an 8-speed cassette.
Definitely get a proper 11-speed derailleur. Shimano 105 is good quality. Small step down from Ultegra, but still more than good enough for a long tour. Shimano makes high quality parts. If nothing else, this is an opportunity to learn more about bike tech!
The plan to go to Lumel sounds like the best option. I don't like the sound of mixing 9 and 11 speeds either. I would suggest keeping the chain in the smaller cogs on the cassette on the off chance the derailleur decides to jump into your spokes. Good luck...another trip memory;-)
2 years agoLooks like a cross between a tarte and a pizza. Is that a bread dough crust or something else?
2 years ago
Fabulous!
2 years ago