+1 on Ultegra bar ends on Paul's Thumbies. I was coming off a MTB to my
Ram and the oem DT shifters were uncomfortably distant for me to shift
properly. I set up an indexed 3x9 with thumbies which I am very happy
with. I did get a 48cm noodle to mitigate crowding of all that hardware on
top
I run a Shimano Ultegra BE shifter on a Paul's Thumbie, on my 1x9spd
riser-bar commuter. It's my preferred system, and works equally well
indexed or in friction. Flawless shifting.
My Ram is running the remaining BE pods, fitted with the spacers from Riv
and Dura-Ace DT shifters mounted. Also
You can also put your thumbies on the stem's quill, if you want to keep the
handlebars clean for multiple hand positions yet have the shifters closer to
your hands so you don't have to bend down to the down tube.
RBW sells an adapter that allows both to be at the same height, or you can use
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Absolutely no consensus here but I think
the hand space issue on drops could be compelling. Cecily, could you post
a picture of your setup? or just email it to me?
Michael
On Monday, September 23, 2013 8:54:20 PM UTC-4, Cecily Walker wrote:
>
> I didn't move
If Perry or anyone else has some thumbies they would like to sell
cheapish, please drop me a line!
On 9/23/13, Cecily Walker wrote:
> 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. H
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
ha
For drop bars, I can see it. For albas:
I've been riding albas for many years on various bikes--always with bar end
shifters. Every year or so, I get the thumbies bug, buy some Paul thumbies (I
love Paul components), and set up a bike with them. Then a week or a month
later, I go back to the b
I run thumbies on my Albas, Michael and love it. It took me a while to dial
in the positioning of them and I'd frankly love to try bar ends some day to
see if I prefer that, but it's not worth the expense of fine tuning
something I love already. My one issue with them is they take up real
estat
