carri marschner on sat 14 jan 06
Hello,
I'm buying a new wheel, and my research pointed to the Shimpo Whisper VL
being the right choice. When I demoed one at the local shop, however, I had
two issues with it. First, the pedal was pretty sticky, making it hard to
change speed incrementally. Second, when I changed the speed of the wheel,
all three Whispers I tried seemed to 'stutter' a bit, with the wheel lagging
slow for a moment, and then speeding up. I don't know if it did this for
incremental speed changes, because the pedals were all too sticky to get an
small speed change.
I've checked the archives, and it sounds like the sticky pedal is a fixable
issue (provided you can find all your tools, and get Shimpo repair on the
phone). Does anyone have any words on the 'stutter'? Does it bother
anyone while they throw? Does it go away once you've got the pedal smoothed
out? Is it just a function of the direct drive sytem? And, just as an
aside, is there a major quality difference between this and the Brent model
B? They are about the same price online right now; both at the top of my
price range.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions anyone may have. The archives of
this list have been exceedingly useful to me in my wheel search.
Sincerely,
Carri Marschner
Portland, OR
cmarschner@hotmail.com
William & Susan Schran User on sun 15 jan 06
On 1/14/06 8:21 PM, "carri marschner" wrote:
> I've checked the archives, and it sounds like the sticky pedal is a fixable
> issue (provided you can find all your tools, and get Shimpo repair on the
> phone). Does anyone have any words on the 'stutter'?
I was given a Shimpo VL Whisper for Christmas - well I wrote out the check
for my wife's credit charge.
Anyway, set it up a couple days later. Plugged it in, stepped on the pedal,
then nothing. VERY quiet, but the wheel head was not going around. Checked
all connections, settings and removed bottom of foot pedal to make sure all
connections were in place. All looked fine.
Called Shimpo, was given a tech person within 30 seconds. He stayed on the
phone with me for a good 15 minutes making certain the wheel worked
correctly.
The fix was in the foot pedal. Two plastic gears meshing together. One of
them must be set at a very specific point - that when the pedal is all the
way back, the wheel head immediately stops. These adjustments require two
different sized allen wrenchs/hex keys that are not supplied with the wheel.
Fortunately my wheel sits near my toolbox and I had an assortment of the
necessary tools to make the adjustment.
The wheel seemed to operate very smoothly after the fix. I don't know if
this would also resolve the stutter problem.
I haven't had time to sit at the wheel and make anything yet. Finishing a
bathroom remodel over semester break and now the start up of spring semester
- just ain't enough hours in my life.
Might want to give Shimpo a call, ask for a wheel tech, tell the issues you
encountered while giving the wheel a test run and see what they say.
-- William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
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