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09-05-23, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by AdventureManCO

I used to commute all the time, and for a while I was using my mixmaster Trek 990 setup with 9speed friction. Hard to get it right and had a few ghost shifts.

7 speed friction feels great, and I'm a big fan, but also have to admit there is nothing, nothing, like the tactile, mechanical solidity of the 5 speed friction setup on my PX-10. Like a Borg-Warner transmission on a Porsche 911.

I won’t be heading back to 5! I really like the design of modern cassettes and freewheels. The crunchy shifts of straight cut gears are not a pleasure! I have a pile of good 7 speed stuff ready to go. No 911 here but had a nice RX7 that that was very happy with Redline in the synchos. I miss a stick, but not in Seattle traffic

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