Pretty clever. On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Over the last several years I've played with a lot of different shiftlever > positions. I like downtube shifters a lot. I like barcon shifters in some > situations. I like thumbshifters, including upside down thumbshifters, and > I also like stem shifters. Riv-content: I bought a lot of the parts to > experiment with these different locations from Rivendell, and I also felt > encouraged by Rivendell to do my own thing, even if others think it's > weird. > > I've been working on a new decidedly un-Rivish bike build. The Rivish > part is that it's a 650B road bike for adventure touring. The un-Rivish > part is that it's an aluminum frame, with a full carbon fork, through axles > and hydraulic disc brakes. I knew I didn't want to run brifters because I > didn't want to run 11sp, and the bike won't take downtube shifters. I > considered FOUR shifter options: > > 1. 10sp indexed barcons > 2. 10sp indexed DT shifters on Kelly Take-offs > 3. Thumbies on the tops > 4. DIY stem shifters > > I initially thought I'd go with barcons to start. It's the conventional > choice, and I could always switch to something else if I wanted to. I > stared and dwelled on it for a while, and decided to take the least > conventional route and made my own stem shifters. I took the clamp part of > a Problem Solvers downtube shifter clamp, and the cable stop part of sun > race thumbies to make my own 1-1/8" threadless steerer mount to fit Shimano > 10 speed barcon shifters. There are lots of photos on my Flickr of the > process (and the Riv-objectionable bike), but here is a summary list: > > Before <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/27630742980> > Modification 1 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/27630748100> > Modification 2 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/27874101576> > Completed Steer-Shifters > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/27874115436> > Installed <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/27874133666> > > It's not impossible that I'll switch to another shifter concept at a later > time, but I'm going to give these a fair shot. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
