I am considering a switch to thumbies on our tandem. I am finding the BEs too slow on the tandem for the kind of rolling hills of Vt, which require a lot of fast, double shifts to attack hills that often swing from minus to plus 10%. The long cables, long rear derailleur cage, and the need to move each separately from the shifter back to the bar before I can reach for the other shifter causes too much delay and I end up with too much pressure to drop the chain, or I shift early and we end up spinning wildly, or even dropping the chain all together.
Does anyone have any experience going from one to the other on a road bike, that they can share. I suppose the other option is to ride more on the drops, where I can reach the shifters faster. Michael Westford, Vt -- 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.
