The ramp position was quite usable. Not bad at all. For the shifting range my drive train setup and my riding conditions required, it is a bit less ergonomic as compared to having them next to the levers.
The issue (also minor) with the position near the levers was that the left shift lever would be almost pointing to the sky most of the times, which made it slightly annoying to use the 'hood' position. I dig your current setup. It looks solid and very usable. On Thursday, 18 April 2019 08:40:48 UTC-7, jandrews wrote: > > Ash , what were some of the minuses with having the shifters mounted on > the ramp as in the first couple of photos from your 51 Appa? > > > > > On Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 10:06:05 AM UTC-4, Ash wrote: >> >> Some pictures of my Bosco journey: >> >> https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOhf1uB27juoT13FN7PFF6WYPAn8eno-U4kVYsP6-9ol31l8g19VBsPD-JZ87ufHA?key=QUV5UEE2VzNHTmtBeGxwdlNuY3c5eWFzQ0F1eEtR >> >> - On 51 Appaloosa I had 9 speed Microshifts mounted inboard. Sometime >> near the levers, sometimes on the ramp. Both positions have their plusses >> and minuses. I had no strong preference either way. >> >> - On Atlantis I had Altus trigger shifters. I had to chop the display so >> that the shifter can be pushed to all the way forward (or else the trigger >> levers would some area of the grips unusable) >> >> - On my current App (46) I have Deore trigger shifters form Riv. The >> display sticks out. Thinking of cutting it off as I did with Altus trigger >> shifter. >> >> - On the road bike I have them mounted outboard, because the left side >> shifter does not have enough range for 10s. It is switchable between >> friction and index. I have it in friction mode (because the RD is campy) >> >> >> On Wednesday, 17 April 2019 11:44:11 UTC-7, jandrews wrote: >>> >>> Actually plenty of room under the fenders. >>> It's getting tight at the chain stays and I can take a detailed photo if >>> anyone wants to see but it's not problematic as it is. >>> These are powder coated Berthoud stainless fenders in 700x60...so they >>> do have the rollover ends and of course the powder itself which eats up >>> some of the open space under the fender. I'm sure there are thinner fenders >>> out there that would provide even more clearance. >>> I'm fairly certain that with a little bit of Fender Whispering the >>> Antelope Hill tires would work on the 55 and up frame size for that >>> Appaloosa. >>> >>> Jonathan K and Ash, what are you doing re: shifters? I have outboard >>> friction on Paul thumbs and they are great but sort of in the way for the >>> in front of the grip hand position. >>> I tried inboard but the Paul barrel adjuster are so high that it forces >>> the cable to run over the flat part of the Bosco bars and I'd like it to >>> run under the flats. >>> Is anyone doing this? >>> >>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-04-17 at 2.42.45 PM.png] >>> >>> >>> -- 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.
