Riding the same setup I've been on for 4 months (X01 gruppo bravo pesto), my bike started ghost shifting on me last night on the face of some jump lips. They're kind of tall but not terribly steep faces, enough to pop pretty well but certainly still in the realm of MTB jumps. Not exactly crazy compressions. Every time I'd hit one of the bigger ones my bike would shift on the face, and then I could hear the chain and derailleur move down while I was in the air.
I haven't ever in the history of ever had that happen with any bike I've owned, from zero to 8" of travel, scram or shimano setups. Cable routing is fine and the same as what I've had on this frame for years (turner dw 5-spot) and it runs on top of the down tube a right above the slightly elevated chainstay...........pretty much an ideal route.
It's not even just a cable tension and release thing. It straight up indexes the friggin shifter too. I literally would finish a line of 4 jumps in a different gear in every way: shifter was shifted out, chain was on mr 10 toothy, the whole 11 yards. The only thing I can think is that there's more tension on the derailleur from running a tensioner on a narrow-wide ring, and the stretch is literally yanking the indexer out on the shifter pod.
I just read up on some scram 11 speed stuff and came across this:
What new demon is this? Ghoul shifting? Jesus just thinks you're in the wrong gear shifting? Secret electronic with my drunk buddy in the bushes with the remote control shifting?
Anyone else ever had this happen? I can't duplicate it with the shock off in a stand.
I haven't ever in the history of ever had that happen with any bike I've owned, from zero to 8" of travel, scram or shimano setups. Cable routing is fine and the same as what I've had on this frame for years (turner dw 5-spot) and it runs on top of the down tube a right above the slightly elevated chainstay...........pretty much an ideal route.
It's not even just a cable tension and release thing. It straight up indexes the friggin shifter too. I literally would finish a line of 4 jumps in a different gear in every way: shifter was shifted out, chain was on mr 10 toothy, the whole 11 yards. The only thing I can think is that there's more tension on the derailleur from running a tensioner on a narrow-wide ring, and the stretch is literally yanking the indexer out on the shifter pod.
I just read up on some scram 11 speed stuff and came across this:
So for the first time in my life, I have with a system that eliminates ghost shifting, causing something really really similar to ghost shifting, in that it's the exact same thing, and even worse.By taking vertical movement out of the equation, this design doesn't just make shifting faster it reduces shift force and eliminates ghost shifting.
What new demon is this? Ghoul shifting? Jesus just thinks you're in the wrong gear shifting? Secret electronic with my drunk buddy in the bushes with the remote control shifting?
Anyone else ever had this happen? I can't duplicate it with the shock off in a stand.
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