On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 15:18, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > and that means you stand at least a chance of learning it without > conflicts. Are all your other bikes downtube levers you operate with > your right hand only? That would, I think, be the best situation since > this would be your only real use of the left hand.
I do stand a chance, I think. My only other derailleur bike is my Centurion Semi Pro, which is a conventional ten-speed with power ratchet downtube shifters, shifted with my right hand only. Before that, I spent a couple years without owning any derailleur bikes, and before that, I had a bike with Suntour Command Shifters and a Suntour front derailleur with the backwards mechanism. That's the biggest source of confusion, I think - with the Suntour you get used to both shifters moving in the same direction for upshifting vs. downshifting, rather than the levers moving in opposite directions with normal derailleurs. Hmm, maybe I should dig up a reverse front derailleur for this bike. Perversely, I also have the rear brake caliper mounted backwards on the front side of the seatstays, in order to get the Tubus Fly rack to install without conflicting with the brake. If three things on the bike are backwards, is that righteous, or do I need to get a fourth backwards thing to even it out? James Black -- 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.
