[RBW] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-02-23 Thread masmojo
One downside I noticed was the lack of barrel adjusters, this would make fine tuning a little easier. -- 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] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-02-23 Thread Bill Lindsay
That's great news Bryan. Are you using the Sun Race shifter for the front derailer? Or have you installed Shimano barcons on both bases? I have a couple project ideas where I might find use for a pair of the Sun Race shifters without the bases. If you have them just laying around and

[RBW] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-02-23 Thread Bryan Pizzillo
Hi all, First, thank you all for your ideas and feedback, the Clem is now shifting/holding gear a *lot* better and any issues with getting to a gear are my own now. For posterity's sake in case some one does a search in the future, I just wanted to follow up with what I ended up doing. To

[RBW] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-01-08 Thread Bill Lindsay
If you determine that the clicks are forcing you to put the shifter in a bad intermediate position, I will point out that I've confirmed that a Silver Downtube shifter will work on the Sun Race thumbie base. That means you could experiment with a "real" friction shifter on that base to see if

[RBW] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-01-07 Thread Belopsky
I am curious to this as well..on my Hilsen I've noticed this happens and tightening down the shifter screw has helped... (too much tension on the shifter) On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 12:17:08 AM UTC-5, Bryan Pizzillo wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was lucky enough to get one of the complete Clems

[RBW] Re: Tuning SunRace Thumbies

2016-01-07 Thread Paul Clifton
I was wondering about cable tension on friction shifters last night, because I've been thinking of putting downtube shifters on a bike but then I wouldn't have any barrel adjusters, so the tension would have to just be however tight I could pull it. That's seems to bee fine enough most of the