Another thing to consider with the Sunrace thumb shifter is that it may not work well with your particular brake lever if you want to use the Riv-preferred orientation. When I installed mine alongside a Shimano Deore T610 lever (which has its clamping screw to the *inside* of the bar), I found that the shift lever interfered with the brake lever's clamp (as shown in the photo below). When the shifter is moved farther forward to clear the clamp, it's then too far forward to operate with my thumb with my hand still on the grip area.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RcdC0rk4Cf8/Vq02MyVbXxI/AAAAAAAAAz0/W8MSMiI-Xh8/s1600/rsz_p1290003.jpg> It was a simple fix to rotate the shifter 90 degrees and re-adjust the cable housing end: <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-51Po_AQ0RS4/Vq02SFd9wzI/AAAAAAAAAz8/ZwSKBFQoLjI/s1600/rsz_p1300002.jpg> We’ll see how this arrangement goes, once I finish with the build (I'm going with a 1x8 drivetrain). If it doesn't work out -- this, plus the shifting issues mentioned by others -- I’ll switch to a bar-end shifter. Bob E -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
