The handlebar diameter is fine. You crank down on the clamp bolt and
the metal just wimps out and bends. You get it tight today, and then
shift it a few times over a couple weeks of use, and the metal has
bent enough that it's loose again.
There is a friction adjustment but it is not strong enou
On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 11:44 -0800, William wrote:
> There were two things I disliked about the SunRace thumbshifters on my
> wife's Yves Gomez
>
> 1. Can't get the clamp tight enough. On CroMo Alba bars, they slip
> and slide. Maybe with Aluminum bars they could dig in and hold. the
> wimpy st
There were two things I disliked about the SunRace thumbshifters on my
wife's Yves Gomez
1. Can't get the clamp tight enough. On CroMo Alba bars, they slip
and slide. Maybe with Aluminum bars they could dig in and hold. the
wimpy steel clamp just doesn't hold well
2. The friction force is not
Probably. But the Sunrace shifters also FEEL really cheap, as well as
not costing much. They probably are reliable and functional and
everything Rivbike says, but they don't feel particularly nice when
I've used them. So I can kind of see the appeal of the Silver/Paul
combo for some people. Depen
Wouldn't Sunrace friction shifters (http://www.rivbike.com/products/
show/sunrace-thumb-shifters/17-097) serve exactly the same purpose of
the combination of paul-thumbie + silver shifters + Paul adapter for
silver (over $100) for a lot less $16)?
Franklyn
On Mar 9, 10:09 am, Minh wrote:
> wow,
wow, plus $35 for the mount itself. i love the paul's stuff but it's
not cheap! though i'm sure it's worth the money
On Mar 8, 2:49 pm, William wrote:
> Riv has 'em, too. Looks like that adapter would allow thumbies to
> work with basically any downtube friction shifter now. . That's pretty
> c
Riv has 'em, too. Looks like that adapter would allow thumbies to
work with basically any downtube friction shifter now. That's pretty
cool.
http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/paul-thumbie-silver-shifter-adapter-pair/17-145
On Mar 8, 11:20 am, erik jensen wrote:
> This might be old news, b
Okay, so now the Paul thumbies will work. Hooray.
I'm still wondering about the IRD ones. They appear to be threaded
like a DT boss, as opposed to the Thumbies replacing the stock bolt
with a long nut and bolt.
I don't see why they wouldn't work. I've emailed IRD to see if they
can offer a thoug
