I haven't had any issues with the levers yet but I figure if I plan on doing long, multiday rides, I'll have less to worry about since servicing DTs is more much straightforward.
I think after writing it all out, I think I'm going to go with the modern build (with my Force levels) since the only reason I wanted the DT was for L'Eroica and I'll pick up an old bike for that! Thanks for your (And Ryan M) feedback! On Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 12:09:17 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Have you ever had to do any work on your Force levers? I'm not sure > there's much more maintenance necessary than with DT; in my experience > STI-type click shifters either work or they don't, so I'd just make sure I > had newish ones before starting a tour. > > I think a Roadeo should be built as a light road bike with the stuff you > like to use on most rides (that's bar ends for me, but not one of your > options). DT shifters are simple and look great, but you really gotta be > into the idea to go that route, in my opinion. > -- 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.
