What's the new bike?
On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 11:46:13 AM UTC-4, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Well, I ended up with two pairs of shifters and a derailleur. > > I bought a pair of Dura Ace 10-speed bar end shifters from Jenson USA - > Thanks Ron, the price was reasonable and they had lots of other stuff I > needed. > > But THEN... I scored a pair of 9-speed Dura Ace 7700 9-speed downtube > shifters for $20 locally. I've got a new 9-speed cassette and chain, as > well as some long reach tektro brakes sitting in the parts bin, and some > phil/velocity 650b wheels. All I need is a frame now, hah! > > > As for the derailleur, I scored a XTR m952 9-speed derailleur for $60. Not > the cheapest considering a new XT 9 speed can be had for 75, but this is a > cool derailleur and doesn't look like a robot. I'm happy with how this all > turned out. > > > All I need to complete this build now is a 119 Phil BB, seat post, and > front derailleur. > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Kieran J <kjo...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I did this as well, using the 7700 levers and the adapter washers from >> Riv. This was on Noodles, and then Albastaches. >> >> I didn't like it in the end - the shifting wasn't as silky as a >> straight-up Shimano 9spd BE unit, more of a BRAPP! indexing action. And in >> the lowest gears on the Albas, the lever would be pointing upwards into my >> wrist. Gah! >> >> KJ >> >> >> On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 11:44:29 AM UTC-4, Christopher Wiggins >> wrote: >>> >>> If you've got some parts lying around something like this may be >>> possible. I managed to make this work with a combination of Shimano and >>> Silver pod parts. I think it was a Zen moment. Hard to say if I could >>> recreate it or not. >>> >>> -- >> 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/x0RcYXrKte0/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
