Jim- I've pondered this as well. Any flare makes it impossible to get the shifters perpendicular; even if they're "straight up and down" when resting, their action causes them to swing outward.
So, you just do what feels right to you. I've used Randonneur-type flare bars, with less than 20 degrees of flare, and just mounted the shifters orthogonal to the drop ends. But I've never used massively flared bars (~45 degree) like Woodchippers or Nitto RM-3's. I think I'd prefer a different shifter type (Gevenalle, maybe) on that type of bars. On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Jim S. <ja...@simeri.me> wrote: > This is a small point, but the type of thing that I ponder in my free > time. I am trying out some dirt-drop style handlebars that flare out at the > ends of the drops. Do folks with these bars angle their bar-end shifters so > that they are consistent with the flare of the bars, or do they angle the > shifters so that they are on a plane perpendicular to the ground? I think > they'll shift fine either way. > > But I'm wondering if there are any practical considerations for one way > versus the other, in addition to people's opinions on the aesthetics. > > Thanks in advance for any thoughts. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
