I have had all the the types of shifters mentioned up to now, and more, over the almost 50 years I have been riding bikes. Truth be told, I like them all when they work well. I think that is the core here; what works well for you right now on the chosen bike? DT shifters worked very well for me in the 1970s and 80s, but I chose bar ends for my Hunqapillar this year. It's set up with 48 cm Noodles. I just don't want to stretch or bend, and think I may be older and stiffer the next many (I hope) years too. On the other hand I do love the cleanliness and elegance of DT shifters. No stray cables! I have a bike with stem shifters, a 1976 or 77 Fuji, and for that bike it feels great. The Nitto Olympic drop bars are very narrow making the stem an easy place to reach. The set up I have the most doubts about is for a Sachs 7 speed where I turn a ring on the handlebar. It often feels hard and without a clear message to me about what happened back down there. For mountain bikes thumbies are great. In my opinion you or some earlier owner/builder built a personality into the bike. Get to know it before you start changing too much and end up with a different bike altogether, and don't overthink things that work. Brifters are excellent if you ride fast and intense with full focus on staying at the right cadence and keeping the speed up, then you need fast and frequent shifting. But how often do you do that?
Geir On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:09:21 PM UTC-6, lungimsam wrote: > > If I love friction bar end shifting, will I find friction DT shifting > just as easy and enjoyable? > > Never done it before, and seems like the reach may make it more difficult > and looks like there's a big potential for knees banging into forearms > while pedalling and reaching down to shift at same time. > > What's your experience been with DT shifting? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
