Two questions for this knowledgeable group:
1. Has anyone put one of the Sun Race thumbies
http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/sh3.htm that Riv sells or Falcon
thumbies
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/falcon-friction-thumb-shifters.html($12!)
that
VO sells on a stem?
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:19:27 AM UTC+1, Pondero wrote:
Nudged by Bill's inspiration, I ordered stem shifter mounts from Riv for
my Atlantis. Then, in a classic timing move by me, I remembered I had some
stem shifters way back in my parts pile...somewhere. I found them and
Uh, just came to think of something... those old Sun Tour shifters have a
rather coarse ratchet mechanism. Many times the stepping in between stops
in the ratchet does not allow for a good enough fine tuning of the position
of the chain for a nine-speed system, and you can't get the chain in
Thanks, Johan, I decided to go with the Riv stem shifters on my Atlantis, but I
have a an old Trek MTB project (to be gifted to my brother) that can use them.
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If they don't pull enough cable, you'll hate them (like mavic/simplex
downtube shifters don't pull quite enough cable for modern cassettes). If
they pull enough cable I bet you'll like them. Getting a decent quality
cable with the right end is going to be a little tricky. I'd absolutely
Thanks, guys.
No commitments yet. I'll look at the purchased product, along with my
in-hand option, do a few mental calculations (shifter diameter and angle of
travel comparisons), and make a decision. If it doesn't appear that I have
a decent chance of success, I'll probably opt for
