Here is the story: About a month ago I gave my mom a mid-80's Miyata 615 all country'd out with big tires, dirt drop stem, moustache bars, and fenders as a Mother's day present. She absolutely loves it and has been riding it a lot, but wants the shifters (downtube) up higher somewhere on the bars. Insert the bar end shifter pods from Riv.
The downtube shifters are Shimano 6-speed indexed/friction. The indexed shifting is excellent and I was hoping to retain the indexing after mounting to the Riv bar-end pods. Is the indexing function retained when using these shifter pods? Or will they be friction only upon mounting as bar-end? I ask because one of the awesome local bike shops has a pair of Suntour micro-ratchet bar-ends in the used parts file cabinet. These probably would work better - and for the same price - if the conversion using the Riv shifter pods makes them friction only. Thanks in advance for any insight. Eric MPLS, MN -- 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.
