There's another way you can go that would solve all the issues: Microshift Advent 1x for drops. It's relatively cheap, but you'll need the whole kit: Wide range 9-speed cassette, right brifter and matching left lever, rear derailleur (use current chain). Then you ditch the big and granny rings for the cranks and maybe add a chainguard in the big position..Riv sells them.
So now your buddy has a full 9-speed brifter system with enough gears to ignore front shifting altogether. Easy! I'm adding the flatbar version to my Atlantis as soon as the parts arrive. -- 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.
