Many of us love bar-end shifters, but little is known about the history of these handy little things.
On the blog today, we're looking at one of those fascinating mysteries of cycling history: Why did 22 racers switch to bar-end shifters DURING the 1949 Tour de France? And why did they use only one bar-end shifter, to control the front derailleur, but kept their downtube lever to operate the rear derailleur? Aldo Ross dove into his collection of sepia-tone magazines, we scoured the *Bicycle Quarterly* archives, and we solved this mystery as much as it can be solved almost 70 years after the fact. Head to the blog to read about this and other mysteries from cycling's rich history. https://janheine.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/international-mysteries-of-cycling-history/ Enjoy! Jan Heine Editor-in-Chief Bicycle Quarterly Seattle, WA, USA www.bikequarterly.com -- 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.
