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While it's kinda cool to have shifters that can function in several
different positions on the bike, there will inevitably be compromises. With
that ergonomic curve, I would tend to agree that the shape of the prototype
is more suitable to bar end and thumby duties, and could look a little
awkward and stubby and maybe slightly distracting on a down tube--sorta
like an Ultegra bar end in that position might. And the blug post alluded
to the fact that the dt slot was probably third of three in terms of
optimum. Quote: *It’ll work fine on the downtube and better (than ever,
than original SILVER shifters) as a thumby or a bar-end shifter*
I found the Silvers as bar ends a little long but fine; never tried them as
thumbies. Also had no problem shifting ten speeds with them, back when I
briefly tried a cassette with so many choices.
I have a set of the Suntour XC's, they sure are nice. A worthy revival in
this day and age. I think they might look groovy on the IRD stem shifter
mount, too. My aesthetic ranking: 1st: Thumby. Tie/close second: bar end.
Remains to be seen: stem. Last: down tube. Apologies for all the adverbs
and qualifiers; trying to stay sensitive in the known to be highly
sensitive shifter area.
As for Yuck, I turn to a higher authority :
Examples from the Web for yuckExpand
Contemporary Examples (Weirdly, all the examples are from The Daily Beast
-
Taylor Swift saw Selena Gomez kissing Bieber backstage at an awards show,
and made a very obvious “ *yuck *” face.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/?source=dictionary>13 Celebrities Who
Dissed Justin Bieber
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/07/12-celebrities-who-dissed-justin-bieber.html?source=dictionary>
Kevin Fallon
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/kevin-fallon.html?source=dictionary>
August 7, 2014
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Moving on past the *yuck *factor, you may wonder whether drinking blood
might cause some indigestion.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/?source=dictionary>‘Dark Shadows’ Returns:
A User’s Guide to Drinking Blood
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/11/dark-shadows-returns-a-user-s-guide-to-drinking-blood.html?source=dictionary>
Kent Sepkowitz
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/kent-sepkowitz.html?source=dictionary>
May 11, 2012
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Just to add to the *yuck *factor, his wife worked in the same office.
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/?source=dictionary>A Flood of Harassment
Horror Stories After the Herman Cain Allegations
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/11/a-flood-of-harassment-horror-stories-after-the-herman-cain-allegations.html?source=dictionary>
Lauren Ashburn
<http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/lauren-ashburn.html?source=dictionary>
November 11, 2011
There. I lined up three yucks in a row. According to Dictionary.com, It's an
Americanism dating back to 1965-70; expressive word
My son turned eight two weeks ago and apparently, among other signs of
maturing, this entails replacing "yucky" with "gross." Today out of nowhere
he let me know that apparently in 6th grade you have to dissect frogs. He
said he would not because "Number one, it's not nice to the frogs. And
number two, it's gross." Only a month ago, that would have definitely been
yucky. Hopefully he'll rediscover yuck, because it's a fun little word.
Good for a few yuks.
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 12:01:36 PM UTC-8, LBleriot wrote:
>
> I said it before and I'll say it again. As DT shifters, these look as bad
> as the old Silver shifters used as thumbies. Yuck. Why not do something
> innovative and make the barrel on the right shifter larger to pull more
> cable/shift more than 8 speeds easily?
>
> On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at 9:12:54 PM UTC-5, dougP wrote:
>>
>> Interesting piece on the blug about the Silver Shifter 2 project coming
>> back to life. Prototypes in house at RBWHQ, with photos.
>>
>> "It’ll work fine on the downtube and better (than ever, than original
>> SILVER shifters) as a thumby or a bar-end shifter, because of the new
>> shape, heavily influenced by the 1983 SunTour XC thumb shifter. Slight
>> differences."
>>
>> IIRC, Grant had posted something a while back about this project fizzing
>> out for unstated reasons, so it's good to see it coming back to life. I
>> was pretty interested so looking forward to seeing the production version.
>> These look to have much more character than the stand-by Shimano bar end on
>> Paul thumbie mount.
>>
>> dougP
>>
>
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