Is it really any surprise that people think we can be a snobby bunch of cranky old elitests?
Just look at the comments above and imagine what you would think if you rode a carbon Colnogo instead of a Riv... Here we have a new technology that is, at least, pretty cool to think about the advances of it and all we can do is talk about how it useless and only snooty wannabe racers will buy it... I think we need to step back and enjoy all things bicycle, just because we may not need it doesn't mean it's crap. Imagine where we'd be if it wasn't for all money being pumped into the cycling world by people buying $10k bikes with electrinic shifting, I dare say we'd have a LOT less choices. Chris (I like Lance's bikes!) On Feb 16, 7:49 am, Horace <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Todd Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe this is very interesting. One of the cool things it says in > > the NY Times article is that the FD will automatically readjust based > > on the pos'n of the rear. > > That brings them up to par with 1980s Suntour technology. :-) > > Suntour's top-mounted downtube shifters did that. > No description on this link, but you can see a > photo:http://www.retrobicyclesupply.com/suntour-milax-top-mount-shifters.html > > There is a cam mechanism inside that moves the left shifter axis a tiny > amount up or down depending on the position of the right shifter. They did > not work with standard braze-on downtube shifter bosses. > > Horace. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
