Re: [RBW] From bar ends to thumbies

[Joe Hogg]

On 09/23/2013 04:33 AM, Michael Hechmer wrote: Since retiring I have gradually moved my single bikes back from bar ends to down shifters.  Now that I don't commute and rarely ride into heavy town traffic I find I prefer the speed and clean looks of DT shifters.  But the tandem is still bar end because my stoker doesn't like me letting go of the handle bars, and we're never or rarely needing to shift rapidly.  But I am considering switching these to thumbies.  Has anyone made this transition, especially with drop bars? With friction?  How did it go?  Do you like it better or worse? My wife has been enjoying the albatross bars on her half of the tandem and so we have been talking about also switching her single and if I do that maybe I'll install thumbies there too.  Do people use this combination and how have they likes it? Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Hi Michael, I've moved three of the four bikes I ride from bar-end shifters to thumb shifters, most recently using Paul's + Shimano 8-speed shifters. The other two use the Sunrace shifters which work well but best fit the narrower mountain bike diameter handlebars. Albatross bars are good for these. I don't shift gears that often as I ride and I find that I bumped bar-end shifters while parking. They also extend the length of the handlebar more than I wanted, particularly with Albatross bars. In summary, I like thumb shifters. They work well and keep my hands firmly on the handlebars while shifting. Joe Hogg LA, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.