I'm going to look into the splitters. I'm not sure yet that I like the idea of having something more to concern myself about my braking system (for safety reasons) or my rear derailer (for precision reasons). I can readily trust the idea of a cable transferring my "tug" or "release" on it all the way to the brake or derailer. Tightening up the bolt on the brake or derailer to hold the cable is easy to observe and test. I'm less sanguine about the idea of a tiny doo-dad that *I* install and manipulate having the appropriate torque and stability for multiple connect-disconnect cycles without having a real problem at least once. Obviously they work; it's not like people are dying all over the country due to failures of these connectors. But those connectors are not used/maintained by me! :)
I can easily see putting on one the front shifter simply because safety/precision are not major issues. And, now that I think of it actually, that's the re-cabling part that's the most tedious because the connection to the derailer is in the most awkward position. So I may do that, even if I don't do it for the brakes or rear derailer. I'll check it out. Thanks. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Aug 11, 7:25 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean > > <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Some things I hadn't thought through before going with this multi- > > cockpit notion: having the front derailer be non-indexed (where > > indexing would be annoying anyway) makes it a *whole* lot easier to > > run a new cable to it. And so far I've found the XT low-normal (Rapid > > Rise) derailer to be quite simple to connect and adjust. And I'm not > > sure I'd even consider this notion if I weren't using linear-pull > > brakes. And personally I'd rather pay for extra stems (each cockpit > > has its own) up front than have to adjust my headset every time I did > > this. So for me, having the headset be threaded is also a big plus. In > > any case, I can now do a whole cockpit swap in 15 minutes, including > > the test ride and rear index-ing adjustments. And trust me, I am *not* > > a bike mechanic. > > Fast bar swaps are made easier by using the davinci splitters or Bruce > Gordon QS2s splitters for your cables. Then you just swap and go. > > -sv -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
