XT rear derailleur

Ferdie said:

I'm used to my Mega 9 rear shifter to downshift when I
push with my thumb. I just bought an NRS1 with an 04 XT
derailleur/shifter and it upshifts when I push with my
thumb. Is this a change from the manu or did my LBS just
get it wrong? Or is it just a preferrence setting?

Thanks, Ferdie

You're hosed. It's a low-normal derailer. Hope you aren't
too particular about that sort of thing.

John M

Nah, I can deal with it. I was just wondering if it was made
that way or installed that way and can be changed.

Can you explain what low-normal means?

Thanks

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Ferdie wrote:

You're hosed. It's a low-normal derailer. Hope you aren't
too particular about that sort of thing.

John M

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Quoted message said:

Nah, I can deal with it. I was just wondering if it was
made that way or installed that way and can be changed.

Can you explain what low-normal means?

It's particular to the derailleur. The spring pulls in a
different way. To get it back to the old style, you'll need
to change out the rear derailleur.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Man, some people prefer the low-normal (also called Rapid-
Rise) to the regular deraileur. When you suddenly have to
start climbing hard and you have to downshift, they can be
very handy, since it is generally more difficult for a
deraileur to move to a bigger cog under pressure. The Rapid-
Rise spring makes this much easier for the deraileur. You
may really start to love it. You'll just have to get used to
the reverse action. On the plus side, now your front and
rear deraileurs match in their shifting action -- thumb for
downshift and index finger for up.

- Noel

Ferdie said:

Nah, I can deal with it. I was just wondering if it was
made that way or installed that way and can be changed.

Can you explain what low-normal means?

Thanks

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Ferdie wrote:

You're hosed. It's a low-normal derailer. Hope you aren't
too particular about that sort of thing.

John M

Muskie said:

Man, some people prefer the low-normal (also called Rapid-
Rise) to the regular deraileur. When you suddenly have to
start climbing hard and you have to downshift, they can be
very handy, since it is generally more difficult for a
deraileur to move to a bigger cog under pressure. The Rapid-
Rise spring makes this much easier for the deraileur.

Sounds like you wrote the Shimano marketing material. With a
high-normal derailer I can use my thumb when things get
mucky. The spring is not strong enough to overcome
muckiness.

Greg
--
Destroy your safe and happy lives Before it is too late The
battles we fought were long and hard Just not to be consumed
by rock'n'roll

G.T. said:

Muskie said:

Man, some people prefer the low-normal (also called Rapid-
Rise) to the regular deraileur. When you suddenly have to
start climbing hard and you have to downshift, they can
be very handy, since it is generally more difficult for a
deraileur to move to a bigger cog under pressure. The Rapid-
Rise spring makes this much easier for the deraileur.

Sounds like you wrote the Shimano marketing material. With
a high-normal derailer I can use my thumb when things get
mucky. The spring is not strong enough to overcome
muckiness.

Exactly. When I need a lower gear - REALLY need a lower
gear, that spring just isn't going to do the job. I'll have
to soft-pedal s stroke to get a shift (just when I don't
need to be doing that).

That's the reason I liked the Sachs "reverse" front
derailleur - spring tension pulled the derailleur out
(toward the big ring), and cable tension (lots of it if
necessary) pulled it toward the granny. The other nice thing
is that a reverse front derailleur is in the right position
for adjustment without any funky little plastic thing
holding it there.

Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.comOpen ↗ Home of
the $695 ti frame

Good to know. I never thought of that. Hmmm. I almost bought
one myself a while back.

G.T. said:

Muskie said:

Man, some people prefer the low-normal (also called Rapid-
Rise) to the regular deraileur. When you suddenly have to
start climbing hard and you have to downshift, they can
be very handy, since it is generally more difficult for a
deraileur to move to a bigger cog under pressure. The Rapid-
Rise spring makes this much easier for the deraileur.

Sounds like you wrote the Shimano marketing material. With
a high-normal derailer I can use my thumb when things get
mucky. The spring is not strong enough to overcome
muckiness.

Greg