| Re: gear cables and sub-zero temps
GeeDubb wrote:
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> "cc" <cc@nospam.edu> wrote in message
> news:eo8i8s$cdd$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
>> GeeDubb wrote:
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>>> "cc" <cc@nospam.edu> wrote in message
>>> news:eo6joq$dmi$2@news.Stanford.EDU...
>>>> Scott Gordo wrote:
>>>>> Skeleton Man wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I live in Canada and still like to enjoy my MTB in the winter..
>>>>>> but when it
>>>>>> gets below freezing the gear cables must contract or something
>>>>>> because the
>>>>>> rear derailler goes out of alignment.. usually resulting in difficult
>>>>>> shifting to lower gears (1, and 2 mainly).. but when it warms up
>>>>>> a little
>>>>>> everything is fine..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there anything I can do to prevent this ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Wow. If the cable contraction due to cold is enough to pull your rear
>>>>> der out of wack, that's some serious shrinkage!
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had shifting suffer in the cold, but always chalked it up to the
>>>>> shifter mechanisms and or the mung inside the cables stiffening up.
>>>>>
>>>>> /s
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> mung?
>>>
>>> dirt-lube combination. wasn't really that difficult to figure out.
>>
>> I know. Just wanted to hear the official definition; I already got it
>> in a sentence.
>>
>> Ever hear of santorum?
>
> No and now I wish I never had....eeewww
>
>
yeah dude. i remember when the
Stranger articles came out
with that originally. that is
one of the funniest syndicated
columns I've ever read.
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