Hi Joan, It is the "out of the box" cable length from the thumb shifter kit. the kit came with the thumb shifters, cables, cores, cable stops and this segment for the chain stay bracket to the derailleur. I was so amazed that I actually got the drive train to work in both friction and SIS by following the directions I didn't want to make any refinements.
I'll probably shorten it when I get more confident in the build and braver. BTW, ever since my Samuel Hilborne I have reverted to friction. I like to shift and trim rather than just deal with where a non optimized SIS puts the derailleur. Obligatory RBW plug: the frame set is from Boulder Bicycles and is a randonneur, which is what I wanted. I thought a lot about the Rodeo and Hilsen, but ended up opting for low trail, front loading optimization, and lighter weight. Most everything else except the Acorn bag and Gyes seat bag is from RBW. I liked the level and choice of components on my Sam so well that I wanted to do something comparable and I trust RBW for these products. Best regards, Tom On Sunday, January 5, 2014 8:42:57 AM UTC-8, Joan wrote: > > Beautiful bike and build. Question: it seems that there's an unusual > curve to the rear derailleur cable housing. It's hard to tell from the > pictures but can you explain what and why that is. Or, is it just the > angle of the shots? > Thanks, Joan > > > > On 01/05/14, Tom Virgil<tevi...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Sorry I didn't get this done to ride with the SoCal guys this morning. > Musta been good. I put away Christmas decorations at the behest of dear > wife. But I was good and got it done early. > > I have not had time to add comments to flickr. But will. So here is the > state of things on the first ride. Garmin says I am faster on this > bike<http://www.flickr.com/photos/20853610@N05/sets/72157639415730156/>than > my carbon fibre with no load, That is exactly what I expected. > > Best regards, > > > -- > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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.
