Hi Max, Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I like your color Rodeo better. That's my favorite and have seen it on a few of the Hunq's- stunning. I'll be honest, the only reason I went to Albatross handlebars is because the 59cm frame is just a little too big for me.I wouldn't go through this if it was my perfect size bike. I think a 57cm would be the best fit for me and I might get one some day. After trying out so many different quill stems/drop handlebar reach combinations the bike still looked strange and handled a bit funny with the short 50mm stem. I really like Nitto Albatross on my Sam Hillborne and I had a set of heat-treated aluminum laying around so I thought I would give it a try. Campy only makes 2 shifters for flat bars- bar ends or time trial shifters or the ones I opted for which are 10 speed Veloce with integrated brake levers. BTW, the braking with these is far, far superior to the road brifters no question. The front shifter does not trim- it's more like exact Shimano click. But it shifts perfect and better than the road Chorus version. You can run triple or double. Mine is set for double. I have a White Industries VBC crankset 44 outer/28 inner so it's wide/low compact. I set up the brake cables but took it to my LBS to have the shifter cables installed. I purchased the Campy 10 speed Veloce flat bar shifter/brake lever combination from Ribble in the UK. They were $131 with shipping and no tax and included both sets of cables and housing. Not a bad deal and too about 1 week to arrive here in San Diego. I hope I was able to answer your questions. Again, I wouldn't go this route if the bike fit me properly. I sometimes miss getting in the drops in a road bar when I want to spring up hills or decent a hill. I sometimes pack this bike in the back of my Honda Accord to take on a business trip. With road bars it fit perfect but with Albatross I have to take the quill stem off and on which is somewhat of a pain- the Alba's are just too wide to fit in the trunk when on the bike.
Cheers, Bruce On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Bruce Smitham <wineh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:20 AM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote: > >> Hi Bruce, I have a question about those Campagnolo flat bar shifters - - >> specifically, can you share your thoughts on how they work with the front >> derailleur shifts?. Can you trim the front derailleur? >> >> Or is the front shift a "big click," like the Shimanos? >> >> I love the build you did, and would like to try flat bars + Campagnolo >> flat bar shifters on a couple bikes (including a Roadeo), but I'm not sure >> how the front derailleur would work with my triples and wide range doubles. >> >> That's a great color for your Roadeo, and a nice build. Mine's a 2010, >> and also has a Campagnolo drive train, hence my interest in your flat bar >> shifters. Pix here: >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/41563482@N06/albums/72157625470080748 >> >> thanks >> >> Max >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/8UsFDUXjBOw/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. >> > > -- 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.
