Bear in mind these are prototypes only, probably to check all the fiddly
details before going into production. I would expect the finish to be up
to the usual Rivendell standards & present well on a nice bike. As to the
aesthetic, well, if you liked the originals (which I do), these will look
great to you. If you dislike the old ones, you won't like these. There's
certainly no shortage of choices in shift levers.
As to 3 yucks in a row, wouldn't that be Larry, Moe & Curly? ("Nyuk, nyuk,
nyuk")
dougP
On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 8:33:39 PM UTC-8, Mark in Beacon wrote:
>
> [image: image]
> 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
> -
>
> 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
> -
>
> 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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