Sure the timing stinks, but if she's ridden the bike since it was new in 1993, and parks it daily on the UC Berkeley campus, and this is the worst theft experience, that's not that bad.
I have a single left side Micro Shift shifter that I can leave on my porch in El Cerrito for you to come take. $20 and it's yours. https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/53833370068/in/dateposted/ It's the thumb shifter in the upper part of the photo. It has that familiar micro-ratchet feel to it. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 9:44:54 AM UTC-7 Berkeleyan wrote: > A rant... I upgraded my wife's old B-Stone XO-5 with those very nice > Sunrace shifters from RBW after one of her old thumbies broke. Apart from > the Brooks saddle, they were the nicest components on the bike. But she > parks it outside a library at Cal, and last week she left to discover > someone had unbolted the front Sunrace mount, pried it apart (no hinge), > and clipped the cable. Prying the mount like that (brake and cork grip > prevented just sliding it off) surely ruined it... did they steal it just > for the shifter lever? I guess it's not enough to lock with cable and > U-lock combo that secures saddle and wheels to frame. > > I'm putting cheap Falcon thumbies on her bars now, and we're settled that > her bike will never again wear any bling, nor will I touch up any scrapes. > The saddle post is also secured with security bolts, after previous was > swiped from same location. > > And it's why I rarely carry a lock on rides, I don't like leaving my bikes > where I can't keep an eye on them. > > - Andrew, Berkeley > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d3c71f4a-785a-4579-9faa-6aa21084d12an%40googlegroups.com.
