Cranks and chain slip when applying torque pedalling hard

hamster":twy45eyi said:

My ownership experience with Rapid Rise was bad - with age the mech (identical to yours) would ghost shift under load. The problem is that only the spring stops it from going to a smaller cog (which it wants to do under chain tension) unlike a conventional mech when the shift cable tension prevents it.

My suspicion is that it's the cassette which is worn in a few gears, but I binned the mech, returned to a conventional one and the ghost shifting disappeared immediately.

Rapid rise is a fundamentally flawed idea - it works in the showroom, but when the spring ages it becomes useless.

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gtRTSdh":cazylelr said:

Pierre":cazylelr said:

It looks like you've routed the cable over the top of the clamp bolt on the rear derailleur. It's designed to be routed round the underside of the bolt

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It looks like a rapid rise rear mech, is it? if it is pressing the thumb shifter makes the gear harder (smaller cassette sprocket), I'd be interested in taking it off your hands.

And regarding the above, if it's rapid rise the cable is the right side of the bolt, do you agree Pierre?

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gtRTSdh":2t0j0p5w said:

gtRTSdh":2t0j0p5w said:

Pierre":2t0j0p5w said:

It looks like you've routed the cable over the top of the clamp bolt on the rear derailleur. It's designed to be routed round the underside of the bolt

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It looks like a rapid rise rear mech, is it? if it is pressing the thumb shifter makes the gear harder (smaller cassette sprocket), I'd be interested in taking it off your hands.

And regarding the above, if it's rapid rise the cable is the right side of the bolt, do you agree Pierre?

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Dibs on the mech

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