I think I resemble that last remark (banged up and grubby over time) I agree I love the look of DT shifters but the bar ends shifters just feel right. I am just switching my Claud Butler Touring bike to Suntour 7 speed bar ends right now. I had Simplex Retrofrictions and they are lovely to gaze at but not as convenient for my aging body
~Mike~ On Sep 15, 7:28 am, cyclotourist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
