Thanks Nick for the tip— I always preferred 8 speed, now I can run it again.
On Thursday, September 1, 2022, Nick Shoemaker
wrote:
> I've always run 10sp Campy brifters with a Shimano 8sp cassette on my San
> Marcos. No funky cable trickery required, you just set them up like normal
> and end up
I'd just go for STI personally. Rode with downtube shifters for a long time
and they work well, but the ease of use of STI shifters is hard to beat. I
never loved shifting from bar ends personally.
You can find older SRAM 10 speed stuff pretty cheap, and it's all
compatible with their mountain
Ben — Reading your post two things came to mind. Joe, Jay and Steve
mentioned them. Try running longer cables and consider stem shifters. There
are lots of the Suntour stem mount shifters on eBay for less than $20. I
haven't run them before but I do own some, I think they're pretty cool.
Do yo
Ben, after decades of using bar ends I switched to stem shifters and
haven’t gone back. I really like the short housing run instead of the very
long housing run under the bar tape. Using older Suntour friction shifters.
Steve
On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 9:48 PM Ben Adrian wrote:
> Hey all! Just lo
Stem shifters using the IRD mount is one option:
https://www.interlocracing.com/shop/product/54020-ird-shifter-mount-quill-stem-microshift-3884?search=shifter
I ran these for a while, didn’t love them. The band clamp broke eventually,
which struck me as a design flaw (though it’s been suggested
Hey all! Just looking for some gear chat.
I have a Rambouillet with drop bars. I'm finally getting everything
comfortable, but I've been around the block with my shifters.
My bike came with 8 speed bar end shifters. However, when I did my first
configuration I mounted them on the downtube. They
