Stem shifters using the IRD mount is one option: https://www.interlocracing.com/shop/product/54020-ird-shifter-mount-quill-stem-microshift-3884?search=shifter
I ran these for a while, didn’t love them. The band clamp broke eventually, which struck me as a design flaw (though it’s been suggested on this forum that I may have overtightened it). There’s no reason you can’t run thumbshifters on a drop bar, I’d probably mount them right next the stem clamp, a la brake interrupter levers. Maybe you could find a pair of Kelly Take-Offs on eBay or something? Never tried those myself, but have always been curious about them. Sounds like you might be happiest with brifters though, if you’re OK with indexed shifting. Jay Lonner Bellingham, WA Sent from my Atari 400 > On Aug 24, 2022, at 6:48 PM, Ben Adrian <bunnyadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey all! Just looking for some gear chat. > > I have a Rambouillet with drop bars. I'm finally getting everything > comfortable, but I've been around the block with my shifters. > > My bike came with 8 speed bar end shifters. However, when I did my first > configuration I mounted them on the downtube. They worked great. It was kind > of a bummer to reach down, but I went with it because I loved the simplicity > and getting the cables off the handlebars. > > After a while I decided to put them back in the bar ends. I had previously > used bar ends for a long time, so it felt like home. However, I have a front > Mark's rack with a basket and the derailleur cables were always getting in > the way of the front stuff. > > So I just ran the cables fully under the bar tape and that install works > great to get stuff out of the way, but now my shifting performance is pretty > bad from the twisty cable runs; much worse than any other configurations. > > So, nothing is really broken, but I know it can be better. Wondering if I > should try again with a new take on the "not under tape" routing. Or try > downtube again? Or just go nuts and look for a used STI system? > > Let's chat! > Ben > > > -- > 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/64c7133b-7f75-46e5-acd1-622ce097778bn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/B97EB625-8EB0-49BB-B9AD-DF020A8D0AB7%40gmail.com.
