Eric, The one thing i think can mess you up is whether the shimano shifters will mount on to the bar-pods. Are there any special washers/fittings when you mount them to the downtube? The bar-pods don't work with shifters that require special fittings, for example i have an old pair of shimano dt shifters that use a curved washer with wierd indents that are keyed to notches in the shifter, these would not work on bar- pods.
Rivendell can explain it as well, but the bar-pods only work with shifters that use the square hole washers and nothing else to mount. On May 22, 6:54 am, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
