I should add my bias here: I love bar-ends on drops, the drop-down from the hoods to push/pull a shifter is all that and a bag of chips. But if you're into brifters and want to spend the cash, go for it!
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 10:43:21 PM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > Did you do the super-long cables thing? You should be able to have them > come straight forward from the bottom run of the bars, then loop back under > the basket. Picture two cables looping out pretty far forward; I've tried > the "keep em short and out of the way" version and it doesn't work, I liked > them long and floppy where they would gently flop away from any load > pressing on them* > > *I have no idea if this makes sense. > > > > On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 6:48:00 PM UTC-7 bunny...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hey all! Just looking for some gear chat. >> >> I have a Rambouillet with drop bars. I'm finally getting everything >> comfortable, but I've been around the block with my shifters. >> >> My bike came with 8 speed bar end shifters. However, when I did my first >> configuration I mounted them on the downtube. They worked great. It was >> kind of a bummer to reach down, but I went with it because I loved the >> simplicity and getting the cables off the handlebars. >> >> After a while I decided to put them back in the bar ends. I had >> previously used bar ends for a long time, so it felt like home. However, I >> have a front Mark's rack with a basket and the derailleur cables were >> always getting in the way of the front stuff. >> >> So I just ran the cables fully under the bar tape and that install works >> great to get stuff out of the way, but now my shifting performance is >> pretty bad from the twisty cable runs; much worse than any other >> configurations. >> >> So, nothing is really broken, but I know it can be better. Wondering if I >> should try again with a new take on the "not under tape" routing. Or try >> downtube again? Or just go nuts and look for a used STI system? >> >> Let's chat! >> Ben >> >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/04af5bd4-2e49-444d-9741-cebb8e44b364n%40googlegroups.com.
