Quieter Shifting

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I've racked up 1000km on the new Voyager and am enjoying her more and more every day. I played around with shifting technique and found that gently preloading the shifter makes a huge difference. 1-2 and 2-3 will never be quiet but... here's the difference.

Slow shifting: Off throttle, squeeze clutch all the way back, heel on shifter, off clutch and on throttle. All slow and deliberate.

1-2 POW!
2-3 CLUNK!
3-4 clunk
4-5 clunk
5-6 clunk

Pre-Load shifting: Rest Heel lightly on shifter, back off throttle slightly /squeeze clutch slightly/more pressure on shifter (this bit is timed fairly quickly), off clutch on throttle.

1-2 CLUNK
2-3 clunk
3-4 snick
4-5 click
5-6 quiet click

I found that I really had to brush up on my shifting technique, but it's made a world of difference.



Now, this being said, if you're ham-footed on the preload, you're going to burn and otherwise wreck your shift forks. So be gentle.