I use Paul thumbies and flat bars on my Bleriot with a reg'lar derailer, and it's fine. I take it off road all the time. In fact, I'm about to take delivery of a custom Sycip 650B XC hardtail, and it will have Thumbies and a regular derailer as well.
Also, you don't take your hand off the grip to shift to a different gear. If you're taking your hands off to shift, your setup isn't correct. Just go with what you're familiar with. With any iota of finesse, you can shift with either type of derailer. -Gino On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Ginz <theg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am thinking about the setup of my Hunqapillar which will wear > Bullmoose bars and Paul thumbies with shimano bar-end shifters. Is a > rapid-rise rear der the best choice in this situation? > > Assuming the thumbies will be indexed and positioned on top of the > bar, will I be able to flick the right lever forward? If so, wouldn't > I want that motion to be a shift to a larger cog? If I can only shift > the lever in one direction without taking my hand off the bar, > wouldn't I want that to be a downshift? When I am looking for an > easier gear (ie. riding up hill in the wrong gear), I'm thinking I > won't want to take my hand off the bar. For this reason, is a top- > normal der more appropriate? > > I haven't used thumb shifters in YEARS so if hands must come off the > bar for all shifts, then I guess rapid rise is the way to go. > > Thanks for any advice, > Eric > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
