Never done it before, and seems like the reach may make it more difficult and looks like there's a big potential for knees banging into forearms while pedalling and reaching down to shift at same time.
What's your experience been with DT shifting? I suppose height and dexterity are an issue but in all my years of DT shifting, I've never had any problem knocking my knees into my arms while shifting. On the other hand, bar end shifters on my Hilsen did get in the way and also marred the top tube when the fork flipped over while parked at a stand. The DT shifters on my custom Kellogg <https://www.flickr.com/photos/57976152@N07/5462707215/> are a perfect reach for me. The shorter distance between the shifters and ders make it easier to set up and maintain - and arguably a bit more efficient shifting, although I never experienced any deficiencies with the bar end function - just location. Another advantage to DT shifters is with practice you can execute front and rear chain shifts near simultaneously with one hand. I suppose you could do that with bar ends, but you better not need a strong grip on the bar while doing so. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
