I'm doing an Alba cockpit on my father's Windsor. His bike came stock with the oldschool Suntour Barcons, so I'm going to re-use them, and those can only be used as barcons. I have thumbie bases and a bunch of friction DT shifters to play with if I decide I don't like the barcons. This thread showed several cute configurations, so thanks to everyone for that.
One curiously ironic bit is that I'm a big fan of semi-recent Shimano reverse pull rear derailers. Pull the cable means higher gear on both the left and the right shifter. I have that set up on two bikes. My Pop's Windsor, however, has a normal-pull Suntour rear derailer and a REVERSE pull Suntour front derailer! So, on my Pop's bike, pull the cable means a lower gear on both shifters. Haha. I'll chuckle about it every time I get on. Promise. Maybe I should swap the left and right shifters to make the reversal complete. :) On Sunday, December 29, 2013 1:31:16 PM UTC-8, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Thanks Shoji. That looks like it would work well pushing down with the > thumb but be awkward when pulling up. No? > > Michael > > On Sunday, December 29, 2013 3:32:27 PM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: >> >> Did you or Pat consider mounting the thumbies so that the shifters are on >> the inside of the bar? Looks like a few Riv employees have their bikes set >> up that way. You can see it on the Appaloosa for sale: >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/wsf-080.htm >> >> >> >> On Sunday, December 29, 2013 1:49:21 PM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: >>> >>> OP here. Well this has gone pretty far afield! I gather no one has >>> experience with the Microshift BE's since no one offered any advice. >>> >>> I'm mostly a DT guy with BE's on the tandem so have no experience with >>> thumbies. >>> >>> Here's what Pat thinks she wants. >>> https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A2GtnIORGsrsPn >>> >>> It seems to me that as long as the shifter is a bit forward of the brake >>> lever it ought to work fine. But no one on the list offered it up as >>> their choice. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, December 28, 2013 1:10:52 PM UTC-5, Montclair BobbyB wrote: >>>> >>>> Note to self: Offer Garth $25 apiece for his stash of shifters... :) >>>> >>> -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
