I don't know about travel but the main issue with the silver pods is the raised square is at a slightly different angle than a shimano pod. This means that the end of the lever points towards the rear hub (not straight down) in down position and points towards the sky in the up position. It all works but isn't as ergonomic as the dogleg bend of a real bar end shifter or even as even as nice as a Shimano downtube on a Shimano pod.
FYI Nashbar has 10spd barcons for $50. You could probably sell your downtube shifters for more. -Dave On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 3:05:45 PM UTC-4, Mark Reimer wrote: > > So my wife has a Surly Cross Check and has asked me to change her setup > from drop bars with integrated shifters/brifters to an Albatross bar with > bar-ends, and a basket. Sweet! I'm trying to do this as cheaply as > possibly. I bought a used aluminum Albatross bar (which oddly is about 2cm > wider than my Albatross, did they come in two widths?), used downtube Dura > Ace 10-speed shifters, and a set of Silver bar-end pods. > > My first challenge is that the Shimano spacers I have are curved to match > a downtube. Riv sells flat spacers, but I need to have this ready to go by > Saturday so there isn't time. I'm going to file them flat instead, which > Riv apparently suggested when they were out of stock. > > Here's the proper spacer from Riv: > http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/sh21space.htm > > Next thing is the Silver pods have a small semi-circular raised section > along one edge of the raised square which the shifters mount to. Filing > that down should let the shimano spacer slide on. Either way it has to fit > somehow as demonstrated in the photo of the spacer. > > Now the real question - the reviews on Riv's site for the pods, and other > online forums, seem to suggest the design of the pods limit how far the > shifters can pull. Therefor a 10 speed shifter may only be able to access > 9, or even 7/8 cogs. > > Anyone try this before? > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
