I have run both on drop bars. I ran the thumbies up top, close to the stem. Thumbies work well and they are protected from falls. At the time I also ran interrupter levers. I didn't bang my knee on the shifters and it worked well. I prefer the bar end shifters just a smidge. They are quicker to access. To shift the thumbies, you need to have your hands on the bar tops.
On Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 10:41:02 AM UTC-8, N. Llama wrote: > > Speaking of bar ends vs Thumbies, what are people's thoughts on the two > for drop bars? I'm reluctantly switching from downtube shifters on my > touring bike (not stable enough fully loaded and going fast on the highway) > and have had the idea of running thumbies instead of bar ends since I have > been in the bar end camp before and was bothered by the accidental shifts, > but I'm not sure how ergonomic or well thumbies would work. I've seen a few > pictures of people running thumbies on drop bars but there are others out > there saying that it's a no go. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
