I've got the one-at-a-time shifters on a marin "urban 29er" (hamilton). I have them mounted "backwards" which really seems like the right way to me, if you want to call them "thumb shifters". With this "backwards" mounting, they actually are operable by your thumb(s).
Basically, I love them. I'm shifting on a 3x8 drivetrain, FWIW. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 7:55 PM, A CT Cyclist <amee.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone here used these shifters? I'm thinking of trying the right > shifter for a 1 x 7 . > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 7:53:07 PM UTC-5, Dave Johnston wrote: >> >> Maybe just read what it says on the Rivpage: >> >> " ... Trivia: These are actually made for shifting Sturmey archer internal >> gear hubs (SunRace bought Sturmey-Archer several years ago). We figured out >> that — easily and slickly and with no monkey business, but just a slight >> factory switcheroo, they work with derailer gears. At first we thought this >> required mounting the right one on the inside of the bar and lefty on the >> outside, but then Spencer here figured out that a SunRace right bar-end >> shifter lever on a left SunRace pod allowed perfect symmetry, as though it >> were ordained from on high. SunRace was delighted, too. >> >> Use: They click but don’t index. Out of the package and not on a bike, >> they click about 18 times. In the span of shifting over a 9-sp cassette, >> they click about 13 times....." >> >> On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 3:05:27 PM UTC-5, Belopsky wrote: >>> >>> I was buying some parts locally, and saw that I could get Sunrace >>> shifters for cheaper than on rivbike. One is good, friction and all. >>> left-hand-side shifter mounted on the right pod for use on an albatross. >>> >>> The other is an index. >>> >>> Went and bought another shifter, but turns out thats a 3speed index, not >>> friction. >>> >>> What the heck? I cannot find the same ones sold on RivBike (they say M90 >>> and Friction on them). >>> >>> Any ideas other than "just buy from Riv"? > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
