I second Steve's thoughts. Friction is nice. When I rode the Clem Smith Jr. the bike shifted fine. The shifters were in a good place.
I have a couple bikes that are friction in my stable at the moment. My Schwinn Voyageur with SunTour Sprint(?) downtube shifters. The ones that Rivendell had forever and that the Silver 1 shifters emulate. Got these along with some other SunTour stuff when on of the distributors, I think J&B was blowing that stuff out. Sat on the shifters forever. Decided to use them when I rebuilt the Schwinn after getting it back. Other bike is the 1994 Bridgestone MB-1 retro ride. It is using the Suntour XC friction thumbies that came on my 1986 Mongoose ATB. The Mongoose got a lot of riding on it. Switched to index when I slowly upgraded parts on the warranty replacement Mongoose IBOC Sport. Again, those shifters sat until I dedided to build up the Bridgestone. I have a set of Silver 2 shifters and flat bar mounts for down the road. Thanks, Reginald Alexis On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 3:52:44 PM UTC-5 Steve wrote: > Thomas, be very careful - once you go friction indexed shifting starts to > feel like overkill; you may never go back ;-) > > --- Over the last couple of years I've gone friction on my entire "fleet" > of bikes. Three to be precise; a 3x7. a 3x9 and a 1x11. Once I got into the > groove I saw no need to go back. For the sake of full disclosure - I did > start my riding career before the advent of indexed shifting, so I was > weaned on friction at a tender age. > > Steve in AVL > > > > On Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:49:04 AM UTC-4 River Bailey wrote: > >> That is a very pleasant view indeed. Bosco Bullmoose...nice! >> >> On Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:02:47 AM UTC-4 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, all. >>> >>> Took a tiny ride on my Hillborne this morning and believe I am moving >>> towards the shiny side. Right now, I still definitely lean "indexed" but am >>> warming up to friction (which was never my foe, just not my preference). >>> The Silver2 shifters are definitely part of that warming. They work good. >>> >>> I'm trying not to be too swayed by the sweetness of their look as well. >>> On a long ride I do see my bar arrangement a lot. I submit this photo of my >>> bar setup as my idea of a pleasant part of a view while riding. >>> >>> Yours, >>> Thomas Lynn Skean >>> who hopes the photo shows up >>> >>> -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/60d1ffa4-1525-4382-a819-c04f422a7306n%40googlegroups.com.
