I hear you 'fourflys', I was undecided before going with the DT and the RRSL levers. My Fargo has brifters and on the mixed-surface, often technical trails I ride, it's very handy. My road bike has brifters. I decided I wanted to try something different, plus I like the idea of them being friction, and the simplicity of them (oh, and the lower cost, as I didn't have brifters on hand, like I did other parts). I had DT shifters on a bike I built up around 10 years ago and liked them. This bike will mainly be ridden on paved roads, and occasional gravel roads and rail trails (80/20), so I'm sure it will be fine. But once I ride it, we'll see how I adjust.
On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 5:06:45 PM UTC-5 four...@gmail.com wrote: > Just curious, if you are using 11sp, why not use integrated > shifters/levers? To each their own for sure, but I can't imagine DT > shifters on a mixed-surface trail unless it's really smooth.. heck, I don't > even care for bar-ends on a trail.. but those RRL levers are super nice! > > I'm leaning hard into a Roadini that I may put a Campy 10 Triple group I > have on it.. > > Chris > > On Sunday, January 21, 2024 at 10:33:55 AM UTC-8 Jay wrote: > >> First post here! I've been reading some of the threads and this sounds >> like a good place...my new happy place ;-) >> >> I ordered the dark gold Roadini (57) from the only shop in Canada that >> sells Riv (C&L Cycles) and will be picking it up in a few weeks when I'll >> be visiting Montreal. >> >> Looking for this to be a project bike, that evolves over time. For now >> though, I had a lot of new / lightly used parts on hand, so I'll be using >> those and having the bike shop supply the rest (including some handbill >> wheels for some lightly used 43mm GKSS tires I'm using on my Fargo in the >> winter). Build will be Shimano 11sp, with DT shifters and Tektro RRL brake >> levers, and Tektro brakes. >> >> Purpose of the bike is all-road (where I live, a lot of that is paved, >> but there are gravel roads further out), but will not be used much on local >> mixed-surface trails (where the Fargo excels). My current road bike will >> be jealous, but I'm not kicking her to the curb just yet! >> >> Photos to come in February. >> > -- 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/832ff24e-84b1-4c75-a523-89b3de18d4dan%40googlegroups.com.
