I didn't move from bar end shifters, but the mechanic who built my bike recommended thumbies because he felt they were easier to work with for intown riding. He also mounted mine upside down because he said they'd be easier for me to work with on those days when my arthritis flares up and my hands aren't working so well. My front derailleur is friction, and my rear is indexed. They're positioned right above my hand grips, so I don't even have to take my hands off the grips to use the rear derailleur. I can just tap it with a knuckle and it moves.
On Monday, September 23, 2013 4:33:05 AM UTC-7, 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.
