| Re: gear cables and sub-zero temps
Scott Gordo wrote:
> cc wrote:
>
>>MattB wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ha! My family have been using the term mung for generic goo or
>>>contamination for forever. I figured it was an Aussie term (anyone know?).
>>>
>>>Long live mung! (the word anyway)
>>>
>>>Matt (single speed in the cold, or ski)
>>
>>I only know it as a bean, but
>>wiki's got some great stuff,
>>including the military def of
>>a "combination of axle grease,
>>mud, and dead things that were
>>crushed under the equipment".
>>Yum.
>>
>>cc
>
>
> Zappa also uses it as a term in his autobiography: "low-end mung". I
> always figured it was some type of voluminous bass distortion.
>
> /s
>
It's a versatile word. Great googly moogly!
Matt
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