I can't speak to Gevenalle shifters (they look great but I haven't tried them yet). I have SRAM double tap shifters on my Cowchippers, and bar-end shifters on other drops.
But, I can testify regarding the Salsa Cowchipper bars: excellent! Great shape, great curve, just the right amount of flare. I don't care for the extreme flare and angled drops of the Woodchipper and similar bars. One note on the Cowchippers: although they measure accurately (width is measured from the tops of the curves), they fit large. I tried a set of 46 cm Cowchippers on my bike (Foundry Auger) and they felt HUUGE. 46 cm may feel right on an off-road biased build like your Ogre. But, I'm much happier with the 42 cm width, and I was able to trade the 46 cm ones to a friend for the Brooks B17 he didn't like. Win! On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 11:28 AM, Leaf Slayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven't chimed in here in a long long time. Curious what folks think. I'm > a longtime fan of BE shifters so quite familiar with them. I'm getting > ready to convert my Surly Ogre from a Jones Bar to a Cowchipper with a 70mm > VO Cigne Stem. I'm running a 10spd Shimano SLX derailer. I'm leaning toward > Gevenalle but curious what folks thoughts and experience are with them. I > like the Jones bars well enough but really want to try the Cowchippers on > the Ogre. The stem gets them in the right place with what should be > appropriate extension. I spend more time on dirt roads on this bike than > technical singletrack so it should be fine. > > This set-up seems takes a leap of faith as the steerer will be cut down to > an otherwise useless length for me. I'm hopeful this set-up will work for > me. If not... well, looks like I'll be purchasing a new fork. Don't let > anyone tell you threaded steerer tubes and quill stems don't have their > place. > > Feel free to contact me if you happen to have some Gevenalle shifters for > sale (long pull, 10x1, Shimano DynaShift). > > Thanks! > > --mike > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
