Ergo autoshift

"Wreckless Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a set of the early "pointy-style" 8-speed Ergo power
levers, I think they're Chorus. When I'm in my lowest gear.
I've always had a problem with the rear derailleur shifting if I
squeeze the hood in a certain spot on the underside in the
middle.

Recently the problem has gotten worse. As part of a fairly
recent drive train tune-up, l changed my cables and for the 2nd
or 3rd time my G-springs. I'm also riding my bike more, so it's
possible that I'm noticing the problem more because of that.

I'm thinking about trying to take the levers back off the bike
and tightening down the left-hand bolt a little more. Besides
getting new levers, does anyone know how to fix or at least
alleviate this?

Yes, besides G springs, you should consider the G Spring carrier, as well as
possibly the ratchet.

Directions here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo4.html
here:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/rev/levers.html
and here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo_ps.pdf

If you've replaced G Springs before, you are probably familiar with these.

Or consider shipping the thing to r.b.t's Campy expert, Peter Chisholm at
Vecchios in Boulder (www.vecchios.com). He'll likely be able to figure
exactly what needs replacing, and quote you a reasonable price to do it. He
will also probably respond here and tell you what he thinks needs replacing.

There are probably other shops that do ergo rebuilds, Peter's is the one
that comes to mind first, and you've got to give him *some* business for all
the free information he dispenses here.

John Verheul

John Verheul said:

"Wreckless Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I have a set of the early "pointy-style" 8-speed Ergo power
levers, I think they're Chorus. When I'm in my lowest gear.
I've always had a problem with the rear derailleur shifting if I
squeeze the hood in a certain spot on the underside in the
middle.

Recently the problem has gotten worse. As part of a fairly
recent drive train tune-up, l changed my cables and for the 2nd
or 3rd time my G-springs. I'm also riding my bike more, so it's
possible that I'm noticing the problem more because of that.

I'm thinking about trying to take the levers back off the bike
and tightening down the left-hand bolt a little more. Besides
getting new levers, does anyone know how to fix or at least
alleviate this?

Yes, besides G springs, you should consider the G Spring carrier, as well as
possibly the ratchet.

Directions here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo4.html
here:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/rev/levers.html
and here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo_ps.pdf

If you've replaced G Springs before, you are probably familiar with these.

Or consider shipping the thing to r.b.t's Campy expert, Peter Chisholm at
Vecchios in Boulder (www.vecchios.com). He'll likely be able to figure
exactly what needs replacing, and quote you a reasonable price to do it. He
will also probably respond here and tell you what he thinks needs replacing.

There are probably other shops that do ergo rebuilds, Peter's is the one
that comes to mind first, and you've got to give him *some* business for all
the free information he dispenses here.

John Verheul

i second the recommendation to look at the g-spring carrier. i had a
breakage recently and shifting became very vague with auto-shift similar
to your description. google this group to see if the pic of my broken
carrier is still around.

John Verheul said:

"Wreckless Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I have a set of the early "pointy-style" 8-speed Ergo power
levers, I think they're Chorus. When I'm in my lowest gear.
I've always had a problem with the rear derailleur shifting if I
squeeze the hood in a certain spot on the underside in the
middle.

Recently the problem has gotten worse. As part of a fairly
recent drive train tune-up, l changed my cables and for the 2nd
or 3rd time my G-springs. I'm also riding my bike more, so it's
possible that I'm noticing the problem more because of that.

I'm thinking about trying to take the levers back off the bike
and tightening down the left-hand bolt a little more. Besides
getting new levers, does anyone know how to fix or at least
alleviate this?

Yes, besides G springs, you should consider the G Spring carrier, as well as
possibly the ratchet.

Well it 'may' be the spring carrier but that would seem like a broken
spring and the pointy 8s levers didn't have the EC-RE-111, and it's
associated breakage.

If the lever shifts when you squeeze it, I suspect a broken body-Send
it to me to check and I have new bodies for pointy top ERGO.

Quoted message said:

Directions here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo4.html
here:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/rev/levers.html
and here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo_ps.pdf

If you've replaced G Springs before, you are probably familiar with these.

Or consider shipping the thing to r.b.t's Campy expert, Peter Chisholm at
Vecchios in Boulder (www.vecchios.com). He'll likely be able to figure
exactly what needs replacing, and quote you a reasonable price to do it. He
will also probably respond here and tell you what he thinks needs replacing.

There are probably other shops that do ergo rebuilds, Peter's is the one
that comes to mind first, and you've got to give him *some* business for all
the free information he dispenses here.

John Verheul

jim beam said:

i second the recommendation to look at the g-spring carrier. i
had breakage recently and shifting became very vague with
auto-shift similar to your description. google this group to see
if the pic of my broken carrier is still around.

Here:

http://home.comcast.net/~carlfogel/download/fatigued_campy_shift_mech.jpeg

James Thomson

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

John Verheul

i second the recommendation to look at the g-spring carrier. i had a
breakage recently and shifting became very vague with auto-shift similar
to your description. google this group to see if the pic of my broken
carrier is still around.

EC-RE-111 in the photo. Pointy top ERGO was EC-RE-011.no post and not
much breakage.

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:03:42 GMT, [email hidden] (Wreckless Eric)

Quoted message said:

I've always had a problem with the rear derailleur shifting if I
squeeze the hood in a certain spot on the underside in the
middle.

My guess is that the prong on the underside of the hood is not seating
into the lever. If you've been taping the bars the same way each
time, you are likely covering the hole in the lever with tape.

Hello,

I've figured out what my problem was, my cable was too tight. The cable
wasn't tight enough to mess up the indexing, but there was a lot of
tension on the cable in low gear. When I'd squeeze the lever it would
flex enough to pop out of gear. I reduced the cable tension while
riding on a climb and the problem went away.

-Eric

jim beam said:

John Verheul said:

"Wreckless Eric" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I have a set of the early "pointy-style" 8-speed Ergo power
levers, I think they're Chorus. When I'm in my lowest gear.
I've always had a problem with the rear derailleur shifting if I
squeeze the hood in a certain spot on the underside in the
middle.

Recently the problem has gotten worse. As part of a fairly
recent drive train tune-up, l changed my cables and for the 2nd
or 3rd time my G-springs. I'm also riding my bike more, so it's
possible that I'm noticing the problem more because of that.

I'm thinking about trying to take the levers back off the bike
and tightening down the left-hand bolt a little more. Besides
getting new levers, does anyone know how to fix or at least
alleviate this?

Yes, besides G springs, you should consider the G Spring carrier, as
well as possibly the ratchet.

Directions here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo4.html
here:
http://www.velonews.com/tech/rev/levers.html
and here:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/ergo_ps.pdf

If you've replaced G Springs before, you are probably familiar with
these.

Or consider shipping the thing to r.b.t's Campy expert, Peter Chisholm
at Vecchios in Boulder (www.vecchios.com). He'll likely be able to
figure exactly what needs replacing, and quote you a reasonable price
to do it. He will also probably respond here and tell you what he
thinks needs replacing.

There are probably other shops that do ergo rebuilds, Peter's is the
one that comes to mind first, and you've got to give him *some*
business for all the free information he dispenses here.

John Verheul

i second the recommendation to look at the g-spring carrier. i had a
breakage recently and shifting became very vague with auto-shift similar
to your description. google this group to see if the pic of my broken
carrier is still around.