For the downtube you could always get the ENE Ciclo Gran Compe Downtube Shifters. I think they look cooler and they haven't been made for 17 yrs so presumable the mold isn't near wearing out.
http://store.somafab.com/enecidosh.html Hard to believe we have choices in new friction shifters. -Dave On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 2:08:31 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > The BLUG has a long write up and description of the Silver 2 shifters. > One big take home is the Silver 1 shifter mold is shot, so those will be > going away. So, if you love Silver shifters, stock up now. The Silver 2 > looks like it'll be a way better thumb shifter, a somewhat better barcon > shifter, and an amusingly ironic downtube shifter. Most importantly (to > me), is that if you want to embolden Rivendell Bicycle Works to keep > putting their money where their brains are, then reward them by buying a > pair or two of Silver 2's and put them into your personal inventory. When > the need arises, get them from your stock. If Riv gets a lot of early > adopters buying them, then they'll have the confidence and the money to > make the next part that you can't get anywhere else. Grant tells you on > the BLUG how to get on an email list for updates on the Silver 2. > > Bill habitual-early-adopter Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
