Thomas, thanks for sharing, I was unaware of the Dixna shifter clamp, big fan of stem shifters and most of the 1 1/8” clamps are not as nice as the Dixna.
Steven Sweedler Plymouth, New Hampshire On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM 'Thomas Lynn Skean' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all. > > I think I’ve made a good use of my lower top tube. I put shifters on it. > > For years I’ve been wondering how this would work out. Finally got around > to doing it. Turns out it’s okay. Better than downtube; almost as good as > stem. It allows me to set up a new handlebar/cockpit incrementally. > > I suspect one could do this on a single top tube. But this way there’s no > interference with the brake cabling. Nor with the straddler’s more > vulnerable areas. > > I don’t plan to use this shifter configuration long term. The da Vinci > connectors (one’s visible under the “H” on the downtube) and the hinged > clamp (Dixna) on the lower top tube make it easily removable. > > -- > 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/3DFF88BE-4140-4E6E-863B-731EDD76991B%40icloud.com > . > > > Though I still prefer indexed shifting, I do enjoy the silver shifters > quite a bit. My preference, once at least 65/35, is now ~51/49. I suspect > soon my journey to the friction side will be complete. Friction shifters > are a little easier to set up. And the silvers do feel wonderful. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > -- > 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/3DFF88BE-4140-4E6E-863B-731EDD76991B%40icloud.com > . > -- 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/CALimyfLAnqTwjbu26C1Tnq1cuMqmVXsvmkRShX01e_qv3JV42g%40mail.gmail.com.
