Seth: I forgot to thank you... THANK YOU. YOU gave me the great idea in the first place to use DaVinci splitters on my Bombadil. I have a set of Nitto Noodles and a set of Nitto/Riv Bullmoose bars that each provides a very different cockpit. I've positioned the splitters just below the downtube stops, with each bar set having its own dedicated cable stops... as you said, this is a must. I've been able to do my swap in UNDER 5 minutes. This is a MAJOR convenience factor, and it's great knowing it won't require major effort to swap bars... I absolutely love it. I use V brakes, each set with its own noodle, so the brakes (in my case) do NOT require splitters. But you'd need them for cantilever or sidepull brakes.
I seem to recall the cost (aside from having 2 sets of bars, brake and shift levers) being roughly $65 for the setup, including the splitters ($36), extra cables ($10) and cable stops ($20). But if you like to swap between drops and straight bars (as I do), you can't beat this setup. Peace, BB On Oct 25, 4:24 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 4:21 PM, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > Several list members have posted regarding using cable splitters to > > allow quick changes of handlebar. I like to remove the handlebars > > from my Atlantis for shipping, so that idea has a lot of appeal. So > > I'm staring at the Atlantis & trying to figure out where I would split > > the shift cables. It's set up with drop bars, bar end shifters and > > aero brake levers; pretty standard stuff. The brakes are obvious. > > But with cable housing all the way from bar end shift lever to the DT > > cable stops, where does one split those? Thanks in advance for your > > experiences on this. > > split them below the downtube cable stops. > > I split mine about 6" or so up from the bottom bracket. > > You can see them just above and to the right of the crank in this > picturehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/skvidal/4316203300/ > > so, that means you have to get a second set of downtube cable stops.. > but that's how it works. > -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.
