I'll raise the water bottle up and toast that that sentiment, and all of
you, my online friends.
Philip
www.biketinker.com
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:42:47 PM UTC-8, Robert Barr wrote:
That's the same Tennyson poem you quoted the last time... it is lines
like this that make this the
No. I've got bar ends or DT's on my bikes, but my wife's bike has an old
SunTour thumbie on the inside (I used the left shifter on the inside of the
right) and I thought it may be awkward as well, but it's not. No more than
pulling it back when it's placed towards the top anyway.
Best,
Eric
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
On 01/02/2014 05:54 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
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
You are doomed. :-)
It was you who guaranteed I was doomed the last time I talked up my reverse
pull Shimano derailers. At least this time you included a smiley. Wanna
guess how many spare rear derailers I have? It's a big number. I just
bought three more a couple weeks back on blowout
On 01/02/2014 06:45 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
You are doomed. :-)
She left the web, she left the loom,
She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom,
She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.
Out flew the web and floated wide;
The mirror
That's the same Tennyson poem you quoted the last time, also. You are
consistent.
I've got a pile of 9-speed chains, and I'm in the process of storing up
9-speed cassettes. Whenever I need to make a minimum for free shipping I
add a cassette. I've got one bike with Dura Ace 10 speed ft
I just HAVE to chime in: I have a reverse pull Shimano derailleur on my Bleriot BUT a standard pull Shimano derailleur on my Bike Friday. I switch between them by (literally) talking to myself about the change when I get on the bike. And I don't make wrong shifts on either bike. On the other hand,
On 01/02/2014 09:32 PM, Joan Oppel wrote:
I just HAVE to chime in: I have a reverse pull Shimano derailleur on
my Bleriot BUT a standard pull Shimano derailleur on my Bike Friday.
I switch between them by (literally) talking to myself about the
change when I get on the bike. And I don't
That's the same Tennyson poem you quoted the last time... it is lines
like this that make this the only forum/blog I regularly read. Forgive me
for going OT, but the cast of characters on this list always makes me
smile. It is the most civilized, whilst opinionated and curmudgeonly forum
I can
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.
Michael, that's what I started with, and it's not bad. What I discovered
after multiple distance rides is I wanted positions eaten up by the
shifter. Depending on how long Pat rides, it may not be an issue.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Sunday, December 29, 2013 11:49:21 AM UTC-7, Michael Hechmer
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
the bosco'd appaloosa has exactly the set-up my next build is getting.
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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?
The short amount of time I've used reverso levers have been on fixed gear
bikes, so I didn't have to deal with shifter placement as well. I've been
considering gearing that bike up again after a dozen fixie years. Thanks to
you guys, I now have a (terrible) plan to install one reverse front
I really like the look of the Paul Thumbies, but I don't understand why
more folks don't opt for vintage thumbies like Shimano Deore or Suntour XC
thumbies (especially if you prefer friction shifting)... They're
specifically built for that purpose and I think they're some of the
best-built
Tactile bike part totems are universally soothing.
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Likely because they've not been manufactured for decades ! That's why I
bought a number of them over the years , some even brand new still . Just
gotta really want them , and the way to them will come .
The Sun Tours are the best , I've got sets of the original ones, and the
second
IRD makes some friction and indexed thumb shifters as well. Current, easy to
source, etc.
-J
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Note to self: Offer Garth $25 apiece for his stash of shifters... :)
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http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2433/3644420885_6995e0403c_b.jpg
This is my Franklin frame, and my Bombadil is set up the exact same way :)
My use of electrical tape over cracked cork bar tape, optional ;)
Ahahahaha !!
On Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:39:49 PM UTC-5, Tony DeFilippo
Nice rack Steve. Is it custom made?
On Thursday, December 26, 2013 7:01:20 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On 12/26/2013 09:39 PM, Tony DeFilippo wrote:
Garth, I'd never really considered bar end brake levers with Alba's...
Your description is compelling though! Between the brake and
On 12/27/2013 02:24 PM, ted wrote:
Nice rack Steve. Is it custom made?
Yes, The Rack Lady. I don't know if she's still making racks. Banjo
Bicycles is gone, and the last image she posted on Flickr is 22 months old
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26811168@N07/7005741397/
On Thursday,
I've been thinking about trying reverse levers for a while now, but I don't
want to give up the extreme convenience of bar-end shifters. Has anyone
tried using reverse brake levers and mounting the thumbies right at the
very ends of the bars, so that the shift levers can be positioned like
On 12/27/2013 03:59 PM, Tom Harrop wrote:
I've been thinking about trying reverse levers for a while now, but I
don't want to give up the extreme convenience of bar-end shifters. Has
anyone tried using reverse brake levers and mounting the thumbies
right at the very ends of the bars, so that
Yep, but I wonder if anyone's tried mounting thumbies right at the ends of
the bar to have the shift levers in roughly the same position as if they
were bar end shifters.
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Found it by googling. This is what I
meanthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/27209537@N00/3454710706!
Sorry about the multiple posts.
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Ahahaha ! that's the same photo that I saw doing both Tom :)
Myself I would find that a bit cluttered. For me, having shifters at the
front near middle is more usably friendly to reach forward, rather than
back .
On Friday, December 27, 2013 4:23:18 PM UTC-5, Tom Harrop wrote:
Found
It seems like you usually have the brake levers or thumbies taking up a
little real estate, and the others in the bar ends. I choose to have the
shifters in the bar ends (they are called bar ends shifters, after all, and
you don't have to buy the extra hardware) and the brake levers taking up
Here's my setup:http://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/10597199104/
Putting the shifters toward the middle of the bars leaves the whole bar
through the front curve available for hand positions. Having the shifters
immediately in front of the brake levers really inter fears with that.
Patrick, that is a nice setup! I may have to give that a try after I play
around with the Alba's on my Atlantis for a little while.
Thanks for sharing!
Tony
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I put mine where Patrick puts his , any notice the angle of the left and
right are little different. The best way is take the required wrenches
with you along for a ride around the neighborhood to figure it out what one
prefers ! I keep a set of all required allen wrenches for the bike
There is nothing quite like mile 70 (or hour 7 on a trail ride) to reveal
the weak points in your setup, be it saddle position, bar tilt, shifter
location, etc. I took several long rides to dial in the shifters before I
was happy and added the tape.
What I find interesting is I prefer climbing
Thanks, Tony. Oh, I should mention that I tried putting them on the stem,
but the reach was too far for technical trail descents or in traffic,
making shifting a real challenge. The only thing I haven't tried is bar end
shifters. No idea how I'd like those.
Enjoy finding what works! There is
Bar end brake levers give you a completely free bar from your shifters to
the end . I tried mtb levers at first, and it just seemed awkward to me
and a waste of hand space. The Bar end levers to me are a marriage made in
heaven for Alba type bars !! And being reversed I find it even
I've wondered why more people don't use them, I think many don't even know
bar end brake levers exist, let alone how wonderful it is to not have to
negotiate mtb lever mounts where your hands can be !
My favorite just-cruising-along position on Albas is to rest my open palms
on the
Garth, I'd never really considered bar end brake levers with Alba's... Your
description is compelling though! Between the brake and shifter locations
you describe you really preserve the max amount of the bar for hand
positions.
Pictures?
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Why not bar end shifters in the bar end?
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His looking bike and bar setup, thanks!
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