Touche I suppose. Here in the flatlands where it is often difficult to justify even a compact crank, putting the shifter neatly out of the way for the rare times it is needed makes sense.
You see, the philosophy behind the constructeur bikes was to tailer the bike for the particular rider using it, not something that would garner the highest possible sales among the masses. Hail to WalMart and all that. On Feb 26, 4:48 pm, bpus...@aol.com wrote: > Yea, hard to believe that having to reach down between your legs to shift > isn't still with us today. > Bill > Louisville > > In a message dated 2/26/2010 11:30:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > > joelmatth...@mac.com writes: > > It is a pretty neat concept. > Wonder what using it involved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
