Shimano Tourney

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Martin Wilson
Apart from being cheap and chinese made whats actually wrong
with the shimano tourney range? Don't get me wrong I'm not
defending it just curious about what sort of problems such
low end gearing will give owners? It seems to be fitted on
bikes ranging from £40-400.

Nothing wrong with it, as such. Shifting will not be a smooth and accurate as with the more expensive systems. It will not cope as well with dirt and moisture and it won't wear as well. It will need more frequent tweaking of the cable tension to maintain correct indexing. But it does work.

OK for bikes that don't get used very often, don't get used in wet & dirt and for owners who don't want great shifting performance.

Ian

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Martin Wilson <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

Apart from being cheap and chinese made whats actually
wrong with the shimano tourney range? Don't get me wrong
I'm not defending it just curious about what sort of
problems such low end gearing will give owners? It seems
to be fitted on bikes ranging from £40-400.

Probably won't cause too many problems with shifting, but it
will be slower to shift, more likely not to shift
accurately, shorter lived, etc. It does the job up to a
point, but it's made to fairly high tolerances, so nothing
will be that nifty.

There's nothing wrong with cheap, and Chinese made is only
bad because of the poor labour conditions and wages likely
to prevail there.

A