My bar end shifter knee strikes stopped once I settled on the right width of bars with the right amount of flare, regardless of the popular choices of the time.
My legs are long for my height, so frame size and cockpit set up have my hands far from DT shifters, bar ends have long been my answer. Every bike has been unique due to fit and set up. I held on to a set of NOS set of Simplex/Mavic friction shifters for possible use on my 650B rando last year but when I mocked up the rolling chassis to try the reach, the bosses were just too far down. "Shift" was right, my whole body to reach the lever and move the chain over a cog. I accepted that I use bar ends and made sure my new bar provided for knee clearance then I gifted the shifters to one of the mechanics who was piecing together a Waterford rando for a big west coast ride and they were perfect for his Rinko needs and the trains. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 4:35:17 PM UTC-4 Robert Dowtin wrote: > Thanks so much for all the kind words! I promise I will attempt to provide > more entertaining reports and pictures in the near future. > > Rich: I am not positive I love the silver 2s on the DT. I am not so sure I > would prefer them on the barends however... I need to give them lots of > time before I allow myself to develop a real opinion. > > I really do have a hard time getting work done around here now. I find > myself spending a lot of time thinking about when I can get out again for a > ride and which bike I am going to take. > Update: I think I may have fixed the shifting by going back to the Suntour > Cyclone RD w/ an 11-28 cassette, instead of the 11-32. Everything seems to > be shifting quite nice with that and a vintage XT FD. > > Pic: Yesterday afternoon top of Mt. Gaylor > [image: PXL_20210501_221613415.MP (1).jpg] > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ff3a1ea8-4661-44af-950d-4c1922abef79n%40googlegroups.com.
