broken shift cable with silver shifter

[Richard Rose]

I've never seen this before so thought I'd share. Weird?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5NLkjz7cK3yCvgck8

[Max S]

Just out of curiosity, did you have it set up as a bar-end or a thumb-shifter or a downtube shifter? 

Reason I ask:  A few months ago I set up a bike with the Silver v.2 shifter on a Paul Thumbie mount and noticed that the cable would rub on the side of the cable hole as it entered the pod. I also noticed the same thing when setting it up as a bar-end shifter on a bar-end pod from Riv. I figured that after a few hundred miles either the hole would get sawed out, or the cable would snap, or both... 

It's possible that the bar-end and thumbie pods had been originally spec'ed for a smaller diameter shifter body, but either way, I decided not to risk it, relegating it for future downtube duty, and replaced it with a different bar-mounted shifter on that bike. 

- Max "design flaw?" in A2

[Olivier Chételat]

Hi Richard,

This happened to me a few times on a Silver 2. Some of the very first ones Riv sold had a misalignment of the shifter and the cable stop mount hole. Maybe 1 or 2mm off caused the cable to be slightly bent and the rubbing ended up chewing through the whole thing. Just like your picture. Check if the cable goes from the shifter to the hole in the mount in a straight way. If not aligned, i'd recomend calling Riv. 

The red arrows on the picture below indicate the part that I believe caused the issue. 

Hope this helps.

Oli in SF

[Richard Rose]

Interesting input. A little more detail. I have Silver 2 shifters & Nissen cables on my Clem. Shifters are mounted “Riv” style, reversed & inboard of brake levers. Clem has a Deore R.D. & 9 speed cassette. Over 8,000 miles & no issues.

Broken cable is from my Gus. I decided to try rapid rise on the Gus & am using a NIB Nexave RD. It has no barrel adjuster so I got the Silver 2 shifters from Blue Lug which have the barrel adjusters. These are also mounted in reverse - same as the Clem. Gus only has 1,500 miles.

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On Jul 21, 2024, at 1:06 AM, Olivier Chételat <oli...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Richard,

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