Since I didn't REALLY want to mangle the pods, I decided to dremed the square centered washer spacers. A few minutes carefullt carving on each and I got the stopper washers to fit over the indexing alignment bump.
Here's hoping for the best on my ride this evening. I really live in a charmed world... Amixing shifting on the downtube where I have to lean dow a couple inches vs quick-access bar end with MAYBE a bit of bonus friction from the housing. Cheers! Ben On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 10:45:22 AM UTC-7 lconley wrote: > The half-round function is to locate the indexing function of the indexing > shifters correctly. Not strictly necessary, but it makes it impossible to > install an indexing shifter incorrectly - idiot proofing. It is easily > removed with a file or Dremel to allow silver or Dia-Compe friction > shifters to be installed. > > Laing > > On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4 bunny...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> More shifter nerd talk! >> >> Attemped to mount the silver shifter onto the shimano pod this morning >> and ran into a snag. Many of you probably know this, but if not, here's the >> deal. >> >> Here's a photo of the Shimano Pod. Thanks Park Tool! >> https://www.parktool.com/assets/img/repairhelp/barendshifter44.jpg >> >> There is a little extra half-circle of metal on the little square area >> where one fits a spacer/washer. The shimano spacer fits right over it. The >> standard square-hole washer does not. Riv obviously knows ths=is because >> their silver pods do not have this half-circle. >> >> The only reason I can fathom why this is there is to make the Shimano >> pods not be compatible wiuth other bands of shift levers. They probably >> don't want people futzing around. I believe I can dremel that half-circle >> off and fit my washer, and it will also not affect the shimano performance >> in any way if I want to put the Shimano shifters back on. >> >> For now, I will remain a downtube shifter user and see if/when I go crazy >> ;) >> >> Ben >> On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 3:53:11 PM UTC-7 rmro...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> I am with you Ben! First 20+ mile ride with the Silver thumbie rear. >>> Shifting is buttery smooth - love it! It is so responsive & precise feeling. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2022, at 5:57 PM, Ben Adrian <bunny...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Pointless updates because I just like talking bikes. >>> >>> >>> Ever since I rerouted my cables, my performance has been very good. >>> However, I've never tried any of the Suntour/Silver ratchet shifters and >>> I've always been curious. I found a used set here so I grabbed them. I >>> gently removed my rear derailleur cable, wrapped the cable and housing, and >>> tied it down to my rack. Then I mounted the SIlver shifter to the DT boss >>> an ran the a new rear cable to the RD. WOw, these are really nice. And the >>> direct cable run gives me the smoothest performance yet. >>> >>> So now... set up the front and leave it as a DT shifter bike, or try >>> mounting the Silvers on my Shimano pods and do full friction bar-end? >>> >>> Ben >>> >>> On Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 7:42:14 AM UTC-7 Dorothy C wrote: >>> >>>> I do a half and half set up with my Roadini - Silver One levers, front >>>> shifter on the downtube and rear shifter on an IRD stem mount. You can >>>> just leave out the left threaded insert from the stem mount for a neater >>>> appearance >>>> >>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0a4fc453-0cd9-4ca4-b4e0-adda8cca8580n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0a4fc453-0cd9-4ca4-b4e0-adda8cca8580n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- 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. 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