There were two things I disliked about the SunRace thumbshifters on my wife's Yves Gomez
1. Can't get the clamp tight enough. On CroMo Alba bars, they slip and slide. Maybe with Aluminum bars they could dig in and hold. the wimpy steel clamp just doesn't hold well 2. The friction force is not strong enough for some derailers. The left shifter couldn't hold a Suntour X-1 derailer in place. The derailer would gradually drift down to the small chainring. No quantity of tightening got it to hold. I had to switch front derailers to an old SRAM with a linear spring, which happened to be weak enough that the shifter could hold it. I just got some shimano barcons and new slotted cork grips to convert. On Mar 10, 7:01 am, Peter F <phfmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Probably. But the Sunrace shifters also FEEL really cheap, as well as > not costing much. They probably are reliable and functional and > everything Rivbike says, but they don't feel particularly nice when > I've used them. So I can kind of see the appeal of the Silver/Paul > combo for some people. Depends on what your putting them on, I guess. > > Peter > > On Mar 9, 4:08 pm, franklyn <sini...@msn.com> wrote: > > > Wouldn't Sunrace friction shifters (http://www.rivbike.com/products/ > > show/sunrace-thumb-shifters/17-097) serve exactly the same purpose of > > the combination of paul-thumbie + silver shifters + Paul adapter for > > silver (over $100) for a lot less $16)? > > > Franklyn > > -- 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-bunch@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.
