I have DT and BE shifters. The BEs get used more, but the DTs look nicer. BEs get pretty banged up and grubby over time.
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:20 AM, JimD <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a ~ 20 year old Dave Porter custom that uses down tube shifters. > I've ridden that bike a bunch and > am fond of the shifters. > > I use bar ends on my 63 cm Riv. > I've pondered using down tube shifters on the Riv. > For me the reach to down tube shifters on the larger Riv would be somewhat > awkward compared to the 60 cm Porter. > I find the bar ends to be functionally terrific on the Riv > > To my eye down tube shifter trump bar ends, aesthetically speaking. > > > On Sep 14, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 11:47 -0700, MichaelH wrote: > > Silver or DurAce BE plus standard brake levers - Shimano, Cane Creek > > etc will be lighter than any brifter on the market - but not enough to > > influence a decision. > > > No, if you use bar end or downtube shifters plus regular brake levers, > it's probably going to be because you prefer them, not because you are > counting grams (although they do weigh less) or dollars (although they > are cheaper). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
