My preference for "normal" dirt drops like the WTB and Nitto ones, is aligned with the flare of the bar - so rotated a bit from vertical. Part of the reason for the flare is that it more closely mirrors the natural angle of your grip. If you rotate the bar-end shifters vertically, you have to rotate your hand back to the un-natural vertical every time you shift. (Well, depending on the position of the lever and which way you're shifting, you may not "have to" rotate your hand, but then it feels awakard.)
However, on REALLY wide and flared dirt drops like the Salsa Woodchipper, I've decided I don't like bar end shifters at all because they stick out to the side too much when installed in this proper alignment. Every time I lean the bike against something, and half of the times when I mount or dismount the bike, I end up bumping the shifter into another gear. Woodchipper has a long enough grip at the drop part of the bar to not to "require" the bar end shifters. I'm not sure how something like a Midge would work, where the grip is too short without the shifter, but people seem to adapt. On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 8:30:06 AM UTC-7, Jim S. 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.
