Fwiw, I had a conversation about this with Kevin at Riv when I was in the process of buying my Sam H. His explanation was that, what with the sloping top tube and the typical high bar setup, down tube shifters are way down there, a big reach, and don't make sense. So the bike is basically designed for bar ends. Never been on one to test this (mine is still an in progress build), but it sounds good.
On Sep 26, 2011, at 6:32 PM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Neither does the Betty. AFIK, it saves a little money on these lower cost > frames made in Taiwan. Very few people use DT shifters now so they are pretty > much dissapearing from most lower cost frames. The more expensive frames like > the Hunqapillar, Atlantis, Homer and Bombadil have them. > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:29 PM, SamuelJames <samcoal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I noticed that the Hillborne does not have any shifter bosses. Did Grant ever > give a reason for this? I guess it's not a big deal, just curious. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/dBV6i-qwPKkJ. > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
