That's also a great op! Should also work with old Shimano DX 7-sp thumbies. My set work great with 8-sp cassette's and the stamped clamp can be opened enough to fit drops. But then stem shifters would work just as well. Was tinkering with some last night. Swapped the right shifter (Positron!) for a 70's single Altus and polished them up a bit. Looks a bit weird but should be perfect for my parts-bin "commutour" build.
On 30 Jan, 16:20, clayton <treefir...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I run Paul thumbies with 8 speed shimano barcons, and love them! I use > interrupter brake levers and it makes for a very comfy setup. The > shifters are protected from falls and easily accessed. Most of the > time I am riding on the tops of the bars anyway, and I don't have to > release the bars to shift. Being a retired Paramedic, I always > wondered why anyone would run Silvers (bar end mount). They look like > perfect little daggers that would pierce you in an accident. If I had > them, I would wrap the ends in rubber tape, then dunk them in tool > handle dip stuff. I'd give them many coats, until I was sure they > would not stab me. > > Boing Boing... > Clayton > > On Jan 29, 3:12 pm, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I used Riv Silvers as bar enders for a while but became tired of them > > jamming me in the upper thigh and seeing them hit my top tube too. I > > switched them to the down tube and that is where they shine in my > > opinion. Being on the down tube discourages excessive and obsessive > > shiftiness plus they are simpler that way and the bike looks cleaner. > > The only bar end shifters that I like are the old short and stubby > > Suntour ones that I have on my mustache bar bike. Riv used to sell > > these when they were available. I think Paul thumbies might work > > better than bar end shifters for the above stated reasons if you don't > > like stretching forward to shift. I do have Silvers on our 'family > > conversion mountain bike' with Albatross bars and they work great on > > that bar/bike combo. Never used Shimano bar enders. > > > On Jan 28, 4:42 pm, chris love <melvinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all. I'm deciding which shifters to put on my new ride (silver bar > > > ends - friction only i think - or shimano) and curious who swears by > > > which. Any opinions?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Dölj citerad text - > > - Visa citerad text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
