Matthew (and up to 5 or 6 others I suppose), if possible please email / private message me where to ship it to.
Made up an extra tonight after replacing my original metal bit. Slightly thicker brass, it’s 2mm wide by 1mm thick but by bending it to a round shape it bulges just enough to be a VERY tight fit. So I ground a thin layer off one side and it fits a charm. Super glue is probably unnecessary but I used a bit anyhow. Removal after the original pieces was glued there probably made fitting this version a bit harder, but not bad. I’ll ship to anyone willing to try it and report their results. If I could start over or for a future build, I want to have a set of friction 2x9 drivetrain; 46/30 GRX double, 11-42t sunrace cassette, Sora 8-speed model double front derailer, and this SRAM GX 10-speed rear derailer. Could just as well make it a 1x11-46t setup. I was eyeballing the Silver 2 shifter for similar treatment on my Cheviot, but that’s a project for another day (or for a Platypus!). Abe On Monday, 27 July 2020 at 16:29:13 UTC-7 Matthew P wrote: > Abe, > > I'd gladly send you some bucks for material, shipping etc to try it out. > I'm trying to get hot on this stuff with one bike to sell and one bike to > build. > And I've been on the fence about which shifters to lose on the bike for > sale and what to keep. > This/these could influence my decision. > Please send me a private message with your paypal etc. if you are inclined. > > > Here is some copy and paste (can use to find the actual thread) where I > got that Shimano 600 lever bit of info: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Peter Trasko > 6/8/17 > Resurrecting an old thread, but I made a chance discovery that may be of > interest to the group. > One limitation of friction-shifted 10 and 11 speed bikes has been the > throw length of bar-end shifters. Some people have gotten around this > problem with judicious filing of the bar-end pods, like Ultraromance did > here with this amazing ride. > I'm here to tell you that this filing isn't necessary. > I mounted late-model Shimano 600 downtube shifters (these ones) on generic > Shimano bar-end pods. These shifters, on these pods, will pull through a > full 180 degrees. On a 10 speed cassette they move a little over 90 > degrees. I haven't tried 11 (or 12), but I guarantee that it will work. How > do I know? With the chain removed and the derailler limits backed all the > way out, the shifter will easily pull the derailler into the wheel and > beyond. These shifters are also truly "light action", in that you can > easily move them by tiny increments. With 10 speed you just never miss a > shift. > Hope this helps! I'm friction shifting a mega-wide-range system of various > parts and just loving it. In the rear I have a 10-speed 11-42 cassette. In > the front I use a SunXCD 26-46 double. Altogether I can pull my kid trailer > up alpine passes (I live in Switzerland) and my top speed is about 40km/hr > - which I can only reach on steep descents. I have the range I need! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > > Good stuff. > -Matthew > > > > On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 4:14:57 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> thank you for offering to send me one. That's not necessary. If I need >> something like it I'll want to do my own work anyway... Offer it up here >> for the less fabricationally inclined. >> >> Bill >> >> On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:20:53 PM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: >> >>> Took a quick spin tonight: it works a dream, could be a tiny fraction >>> thicker but as is it leaves a meaningful amount of extra lever movement >>> range before it’s stopped by the limit screws at the derailer. It could >>> move the derailer another 5mm plus for top or bottom gear (enough to shift >>> off the bottom or over the top gear if not stopped by the limit screws). >>> >>> Thanks Bill. I’ll send you one myself (shout me where you’d like it sent >>> by email). >>> >>> I’m going to fix up another that’s a nicer finish and very tight fit so >>> the glue or epoxy will almost unnecessary. >>> >>> Abe >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ae0e7b22-35a4-4a0c-a8b7-aedb46776a48n%40googlegroups.com.
