I can't think of any reason the shifter should be affected. The "pod" consists of an insert to which a post get attached. The shifter mounts on the post, just as it is on a down tube. I'll bet someone at Riv has tried this combo, so you can call and ask when you order them. michael
On May 21, 11:11 pm, "E.Mann" <eric.l.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the story: About a month ago I gave my mom a mid-80's Miyata > 615 all country'd out with big tires, dirt drop stem, moustache bars, > and fenders as a Mother's day present. She absolutely loves it and > has been riding it a lot, but wants the shifters (downtube) up higher > somewhere on the bars. Insert the bar end shifter pods from Riv. > > The downtube shifters are Shimano 6-speed indexed/friction. The > indexed shifting is excellent and I was hoping to retain the indexing > after mounting to the Riv bar-end pods. Is the indexing function > retained when using these shifter pods? Or will they be friction only > upon mounting as bar-end? I ask because one of the awesome local bike > shops has a pair of Suntour micro-ratchet bar-ends in the used parts > file cabinet. These probably would work better - and for the same > price - if the conversion using the Riv shifter pods makes them > friction only. > > Thanks in advance for any insight. > > Eric > MPLS, MN -- 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.
