I think the 10-speed I had as a kid, had the shifters on the stem. But after I switched to a mountain-bike in college, I had grip shifts, and wasn't on another bike for over 15 years.
When I built up my Ram, I went w/ the bar-ends on Noodles, was fine. With my Bomba, went with bar-ends on my moustaches, was fine. But then when I got the canti-Rom.... My Ram, I have a front rack and a rando box bag on the front, w/ a leading Edelux, fenders; the Bomba also has fenders, a front basket, lights, both of those bikes are 'kitted out'. The canti-Rom, I wanted to go for something more simple. Since it has cantis on it, I went w/ larger tires on it, and as I was reusing my wider Noodles, I left the interrupters on it. But it's a much more simple bike, just a tool-roll and a bell as the only 'extras' on it. In keeping it simple, I thought I'd try DT's on it. Ya know, I'm now riding it more than the other two. Still love the other two: if I was going for a LONG ride, I'd grab the Ram, and if I was going to run errands, or camping, the Bomba is the bike... But for just a quick jaunt on the greenbelt, it's the Rom that I grab. I will say, I don't shift a lot, w/ DT... I get into gear, and stay in it longer.... but, the gearing's there when needed..... FWIW.... -L On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:09:21 AM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: > > If I love friction bar end shifting, will I find friction DT shifting > just as easy and enjoyable? > > 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? -- 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.
