Here's some ideas based on personal experience as I have barends on a handful of bikes. First idea since you are already there, would be to turn your indexing off on your shifters. I have this on a bike and it works great in friction mode.
Second idea. If you are open to other models of drop bar, you can look for something with more run out. I switched to Soma Highway Ones and the extra run out has allowed me to run cables that apex just before the basket. Third. Run your cables long enough so they sit on top of the basket and when your bag is full it just pushes the bag up. My cables are just shy of the zipper on my Sackville and as it fills the cables are pushed up by the load. Fourth. One bar end and one down tube. This is my commuter set up. The front shift is on the down tube (non drive side) and I still shift it with my right hand thru the triangle. My bar end cable sits on top of my bag again in this one but not by much. Fifth. Gevenalle shifters. I love these and they work great for basket bikes and even sometimes saddlebag on the front bikes. I would choose it over STI everytime. Alot of this is based on the size of your bike, stem, bars, etc. Also keep in mind that STI depending on the size of your bike and bars can sometimes hit your basket or bag. I ran 44cm bars and occasionally if my bag was stuffed it would be a struggle to shift. On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 9:53:29 AM UTC-7 Joe Bernard wrote: > 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/9314a178-9eb5-4cbc-a91d-0b1e16676427n%40googlegroups.com.
