Re: What's the Biggest Advantage of Stem-mounted Shifters? ... I would
say the versatility to change handlebars more easily and the ability pack
bikes for shipping with less cable to worry about when folding into the
box. Seems like it might be less stable in the rough, and maybe not much
Playing, yesterday, my 1-day-a-week television role of Doctor Moore,
Bicycle Repairman at a nearby shop, I spent far too much of the owner's
time cleaning and overhauling an old Schwinn Collegiate with wide range
5-speed shifted by a massive, Cold Forged Hunqua-Iron, stem-mounted lever
pulling a
Sorry I'm a total late-comer to this thread (it's been that kinda week)—but
I gotta share that in the late '60's, I saved all my allowance, birthday
presents, and christmas presents (I announced I only wanted cash) and
bought a Schwinn Cherry Krate just like this one only red:
You lot have got me thinking. Uh oh! Grin. I have moved my thumb shifters
to the center of my Albatross and have a lot of delicious curve now
available. Haven't tried it out on a real ride yet, so I don't know if the
shifting reach will annoy me. Not exactly stem shifters, but stem area
If anyone's inclined to try a top tube-mounted position, Problem Solvers
has a clamp on shifter mount. Designed as 31.8mm clamp with shims for
28.6mm tubes, and mounts Shimano shifters. I don't see why it couldn't be
attached to the top tube (assuming diameter is appropriate).
Joe, your bike is beyond trick.
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:35:07 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote:
I just returned from a shakedown ride with new stemmies on La Ramba.
Mavic/Simplex retrofriction shifting a 7/8-speed-era front Dura-Ace double
and rear Mavic on a 12-27 9-speed cassette. It's
Steve, nice example.
I had the '69 version of The Rail
http://budgetbicyclectr.com/1967-sears-the-rail-muscle-bicycle.html
Wish I still had it, but my dad sold it when I got my Wards 10 speed
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 9:01:53 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote:
On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 18:57
Patrick,
You have two options:
- IRD Stem quill shifter mount sold by RBW:
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/sh15.htm, which is the most elegant
solution IMO. Currently on my Betty:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/8550045363/in/set-72157625115263842
- Use the two thumbies you have,
Sorry, posted two photos of the same IRD mount. Here's a photo of the
thumbies:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/6533403569/in/set-72157625115263842
And a better one of an older Atlantis configuration when I first did it:
Left shifter goes on the bottom, right shifter on the top since it's
Ha! I just came back in from moving them to that exact spot, René. Thanks!
Now, for the mechanically inept, how easy is it to shorten the cables
(after riding with them too long to ensure I like the stem position)? Or am
I best off taking it to a shop?
With abandon,
Patrick
On Thursday, April
It's not hard, but if you've never done it before, you may want to use the
bike shop. You'll need a cable/housing cutter and a couple of replacement
cables just in case. Measure twice, cut once, and if you somehow can't get
the bike to shift well (some minor derailers adjustments may be needed),
Get a quality cutter and go for it, don't try to use your standard wire
cutters, the park tool is worth the investment.
On Apr 4, 2013 11:55 AM, René Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote:
It's not hard, but if you've never done it before, you may want to use the
bike shop. You'll need a
Agreed. Good tools are worthwhile, but you can do it without the Park
cutter. I just cut some (Jagwire) shifter housing with my regular
sidecutters, and it was very hard. Not impossible. I've never used the
real tool, but now I might get one.
You shouldn't need replacement cables, since
Get the Park cable cutters. I've had my first pair for years, and it's been
eminently useable many times over. Worth every penny.
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 11:35:41 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote:
Agreed. Good tools are worthwhile, but you can do it without the Park
cutter. I just cut
Thanks, Ron! It came to me as a mostly-complete bike from Jason Leach a
couple weeks ago. I added the cockpit, which is flipped Nitto 3-speed
bars of indeterminate nomenclature (bought years ago, then stashed), Nitto
Tallux, early-'90s Ritchey-labeled Dia-Compe brake levers, Ergon grips, and
Jan:
Just speculating here, but I wonder if it was because so many early
derailers were chain actuated, which made the cable angle less critical,
allowing for more varied cable routing. Then the next generation of
derailers required the cable to enter from the rear, which pretty much
It certainly looks like it should work, since it appears to be planar. I
like the idea!
On Thursday, April 4, 2013 5:00:20 PM UTC-7, Meade Anderson wrote:
*Has anybody tried using the problem solvers mounts as a spacer on an
threadless steerer? Yup, you’ll have to shim it but that’s
I've wondered for a whole why no one has made a spacer with two shifter bosses
on either side...
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they make total sense for an upright bike.
On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:49:35 PM UTC-5, James Warren wrote:
They are the best shifter style for using one's left hand to shift the
right shifter or vice versa if/when the need ever arises.
I'm really liking my IRD stem shifter mounts. They
They're accessible enough without being t. If you think of shifting
instantly as a your right as a cyclist, then you won't want 'em, but if you
see shifting as a nice convenience and then say OK, that's plenty
convenient (which maybe it isn't in some circumstances, but nothing that
Better
I rather liked the very hefty and solid, chromed stem shifters on the
almost-pristine Collegiate I owned a few years ago (owned briefly -- sold
it). They shifted the wide range 5 speed fw very well through an Alvit --
don't know why people sneer at the Alvit.
That said, on any bike with anything
I loved the positive action of stem mounted shifters, something about how
long the levers are just seemed effortless to shift.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Joe Bernard joerem...@gmail.com wrote:
I just returned from a shakedown ride with new stemmies on La Ramba.
Mavic/Simplex
I wonder why few bikes in recent years have put the shifters on the top
tube. That was common in the 1930s, when most cyclotourists rode in a more
upright position. Top tube-mounted shifters would be as accessible as
stem-mounted ones, but you'd eliminate the cable housing (the shifters no
On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 18:57 -0700, Jan Heine wrote:
I wonder why few bikes in recent years have put the shifters on the
top tube. That was common in the 1930s, when most cyclotourists rode
in a more upright position. Top tube-mounted shifters would be as
accessible as stem-mounted ones, but
More like this
http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/faure.jpg
And if you are concerned about the shifters, you also should be concerned
about the stem right in front of them...
Jan Heine
Editor
Bicycle Quarterly
www.bikequarterly.com
Follow our blog at www.janheine.com
On Wednesday, April 3,
Jan,
Off topic but it piqued my interest, what is this thing situated on the
fender between the headlight and straddle cable in the second picture?
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Jan Heine hein...@earthlink.net wrote:
More like this
http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/faure.jpg
And if
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