Here's my setup:http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/10597199104/
Putting the shifters toward the middle of the bars leaves the whole bar through the front curve available for hand positions. Having the shifters immediately in front of the brake levers really inter fears with that. Definitely have her ride a while before you seal them in with tape or cork. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, December 26, 2013 5:15:09 PM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Patricia, my wife, really likes the Alba bars on the tandem so I am > wanting to convert her '83 Sequoia to Albatros bars. I bought the bars, > stem, Shimano brake levers and Paul's thumbies from RBW, and a set of > Microshift BEs from LBS for Christmas. Tried putting it all together today > and immediately ran into two questions. > > First, where do people put the shift levers for the best ergonomic > action? Parallel and just in front of the brake levers feels best in the > shop but we don't have the opportunity to road test. Second, the > Microshifters come with a one piece bolt and seal, but the bolt is not > long enough to reach the Thumbies. The bolt supplied by Pauls is long > enough but lacks a seal. I'm probably headed to a hardware store but would > welcome hearing about others experience. > > Blessings, > Michael > Our ice storm has been followed with a snow storm - very hard on trees & > electric lines. > -- 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.
