René, Thanks for the thoughts. I'm not too worried about messing with my cockpit for a while. Until I live with it for a while, I have not way of knowing whether any potential change is a real need for that change or just a lack of adaptation on what is already there. Because of that, at least to begin with, I would like to get everything fixed in such a way that it is easier to leave it as it is and adapt to it than to change it just because it is easy. I need to ensure any reason for change is real and not just imagined.
Thanks for the Compass bar mention, too. I like it and have put the Compass Randonneur 440mm on my tentative build list. Tim On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 10:07 AM, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I went from brifters on my pre-Riv road bikes to barends when I got my > Homer, my first Rivendell and pretty quickly to downtube shifters as I was > messing up with the cockpit a lot on all my subsequent Rivendell bikes. I > like them so much in not even planning to try anything different in my > upcoming 650b custom. Downtube shifters on all of them! > > Even on the Betty I placed them on the stem, so I'd be free to play with > the cockpit. > > The best Rando handlebar is the Compass one. Best geometry and super > comfortable. I tried the Nittos before. Might still have one for sale. The > long ramps are probably not too ideal for brifters unless you want the long > reach. > > I just upgraded to 2x10 on my Bike Friday which uses barends and it's > wonderful. > > All the best, you can't really go wrong! > > René > > > On Friday, May 27, 2016, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I run my Silver bar end shifter cables under the tape so that they exit >> near the bar clamp. I shift 9 speeds, non-serial cogs (ie, home made >> cassette) with no problems. VO copies of the Maes Parallel -- long ramps. >> >> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Tim Butterfield < >> timbutterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:45 PM, Tim Butterfield < >>> timbutterfi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> One thing I have noticed from the bike pictures that included bar end >>>> shifters is there seems to be more cable looped in front of the bars. If I >>>> decide to add a front rack and bag later, would that extra cable have any >>>> interference from that? Just wondering if there are any gotchas to be >>>> aware of. >>>> >>> >>> Just to be clear on this, I don't know what I may add in future, >>> rack/bag, handlebar bag, etc. My preference is for neat and tidy cable >>> routing. If barcon cables can be mostly tucked under the bar tape instead >>> of big and loopy, they may still work for me. But, I don't know how neat >>> and tidy routing may affect cable life. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
