Scott, good tip about the twist welding. This makes sense on any bike if you've got the tools, and would be especially beneficial here.
It occurs to me that I could go away from downtube and bar end shifting altogether, with some thumbies that open all the way and can be shimmed. Mounted near the stem on thumbies, I could simply move them from one set of bars to the other without ever having to disconnect the cables. On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 10:02:00 AM UTC-7, Scott Blouke wrote: > > I have pondered this at length and I don't think it would be too bad if > you twist welded your cables as seen here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQQ9aggStw > to make re threading them possible and installed some inline barrel > adjusters to rapidly fine tune the shifting/brakes. > As painless as I can come up with. > Scott > > On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 9:36:38 AM UTC-7, Brett Callahan wrote: >> >> I have a commitment issues and a conundrum. >> >> I've got a Velo Orange Polyvalent that is currently built up in very >> Riv-ish fashion with drop bars. The bike is shifted with bar ends in >> friction mode, and the brakes are Paul mini-motos. I've considered putting >> albatross bars on it at times, but like the drops for longer rides. >> >> It occurs to me that in my parts bin I have an extra set of bar end >> friction shifters, flat bar brakes, and an albatross bar/stem combo--a >> complete separate cockpit. It doesn't seem too time consuming to swap back >> and forth--disconnect the brakes, both shifters, pull the whole cockpit out >> and plug the new one back in, reconnect the four cables. I know it would be >> even easier with DT shifters, but I'm not a fan. >> >> Has anyone done this? How'd it work out for you? >> >> Brett, in need of a long weekend project, in PDX >> > -- 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.
