An Atlantis is a perfect candidate for a drop/upright easy switch-out and provided yours has DT shifter bosses (and you're OK using down tube shifters) then Shoji and Benz have it right. Seriously folks -- buy another bike (?) where did all the deep pockets come from???
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:34:02 AM UTC-4, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:47:54 AM UTC-7, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >> >> >> On my Hunqapillar, it was easy to unclip the canti-straddle cable. Set >> the brake cable lengths on multiple cockpits to-be at the same straddle >> heights, and there's little adjustment necessary. >> >> Easiest would be to set up down-tube shifters. If that's not to your >> liking, then thumbies with hinged bands work. I used a right-side bar end, >> which meant that I had to undo it/redo it. Afterward, I got cable >> splitters, which worked great. However, it meant having doubles of bar >> ends, downtube cable stops, etc. >> > > I did the same as Shoji with my Atlantis – downtube shifters, stem, > handlebar and brake levers shod with full-length brake cables terminated > with straddle cable hangers. Once set up, the swap is quick and fuss-free. > It is so easy that at one time, I had three cockpits for my Atlantis: > dropbar, Bosco, and mustache. The only thing to transfer over is the Cateye > computer. > > I have an S&S-coupled bike that had cable splitters. I didn't like them as > they were noisy over semi-rough terrain and somewhat of an eyesore (and you > need four). > -- 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.
