Glad your property is intact! Funny, I have been wary of doing the same thing on my Fargo, but the near-incidents have been fewer with the narrower, 42 cm Noodles than with the earlier 46es.
Patrick Moore iPhone On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Shifty <[email protected]> wrote: > The Good Lord reminds me to be humble: > > Although I boasted of my milestone one-two knee shift two weeks back, I was > brought back down to earth yesterday when I over-knee shifted into the small > ring on a climb and nearly lost my manhood. The resulting surge towards a > very tall Nitto stem was narrowly avoided. Not so lucky at 10 years old when > my...boyhood met the "stick shifter" on my Schwinn Fastback with banana seat. > > Possible side effects include dizziness, nausea and temporary blindness. > > Shifty > > > > On Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:06:47 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > I am truly amazed at your expertise. Zen and the art of bar end shifting. > > On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:47:34 AM UTC-5, Shifty wrote: > A beautiful early morning ride here in Minneapolis found me wondering if > anyone else finds their bliss in a perfectly executed knee shift? That is, > when one uses the knee to downshift the bar end shifter while standing out of > the saddle, mashing pedals with hands on the hoods, preventing proper reach > to the shifters. Today, I struck the perfect one-two punch: perfectly > executed front derailleur and rear derailleur shifts with no hand recovery > necessary to readjust an over/under nudge. In over 30 years of executing the > skill, I don't believe I've ever achieved a double knee shift. > > Yes, it's been a good day indeed. > > > -- > 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/-/54SskjwXMBYJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
