Rapid Rise Question

[orange71]

 

[heathy]

what are the actual real-world benefits of this?

I use RR on both my modern bikes and can say this, the benefits for me are... When riding technical stuff uphill, 1 simple push of the small button
puts you in a easier gear So if you combine this with a few rapid pushes then you can achieve a low gear in a small amount of time.
Even better when used with the new xtr shifters, it's possible to multi shift with 1 push
I hope this is making sense :?

 

[scant]

use less force on the spring to go on larger sprocket , so really a rapid rise rear mech should last longer ,.

which is ironic coz in my experience they wear out faster..

 

[P20]

what are the actual real-world benefits of this?

To be honest I'm not sure there really are any - at least, any that are important.

Another effect is that left and right RF+ shifters now work the same way - push for harder, click for easier. Apparently some beginners find that more intuitive - can't say I ever had a problem.

I agree with the above. The other benefit that it was sold as offering, was preselecting gears for coming out of a corner. i.e. brake into corner, click down whilst freewheeling, pedal into desired gear out of corner. So basically if you can't shift properly?? The whole sales pitch apart from novices finding it easier doesn;t make sense.

 

[hamster]

The only thing I use one for is my tourer with bar-end shifters - this means that with low gears the barcon tilts down and stays away from my knees in lower gears when I am more likely to ride out of the saddle.

 

[Xesh]

One benefit of RR is that if the gear cable snaps it dumps you into the low gear instead of the high.