"and how does everyone feel the Suntour bar ends are compared to the
others?"
Do you mean the old power ratchets? I've not used the Dura Aces (or, at
least, I've only used the circa 1976 Dura Aces, but not the more recent ones
-- that's both true and a joke, folks, and you can apply for an explana
and how does everyone feel the Suntour bar ends are compared to the
others?
The blunt ends seem safer to me... for just that one time I don't pay
attention.
I've bee using Silvers and they seem ok .. I do get distracted more
when I'm friction shifting wheras the indexed stuff is "clunk" and
it's
Practice helps.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Joe Bernard wrote:
> In my curved-bar days, I preferred both. Silver friction front, DA
> index rear. I tried Silver friction on the rear for a while.
> Definitely smooth and silent, but I was never able to warm up to
> friction on the rear, espec
The shifter knocks the pump off the frame.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:24 AM, JoelMatthews wrote:
> > And why is that bad?
>
> Dings, dents, scratches.
>
> On Apr 26, 6:10 am, happyriding wrote:
> > On Apr 25, 8:22 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> >
> > > The Silvers shift better than any friction shi
You are in good company. Sheldon Brown said more than once that he preferred
indexed shifting for the rear derailer.
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From: Joe Bernard
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:35:04
To: RBW Owners Bunch
Subject: [RBW] Re: silvers v. dura-ace
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In my curved-bar days, I preferred both. Silver friction front, DA
index rear. I tried Silver friction on the rear for a while.
Definitely smooth and silent, but I was never able to warm up to
friction on the rear, especially when shifting over two or three cogs
at a time. I hate missed shifts, and
SunTour bar-cons still appear on E-bay, look for the "Schwinn
Approved"
models for extra style points. Blunt for knee safe operation.
When I rode Shimano bar-cons I practiced shifting with my knees,
good party trick. Shimano friction is no where near a nice
as power ratchet, too stiff.
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> And why is that bad?
Dings, dents, scratches.
On Apr 26, 6:10 am, happyriding wrote:
> On Apr 25, 8:22 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
>
> > The Silvers shift better than any friction shifter, bar end, trigger or down
> > tube, that I have ever used, including Retrofriction downtubers. My only
> > c
On Apr 25, 8:22 pm, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> The Silvers shift better than any friction shifter, bar end, trigger or down
> tube, that I have ever used, including Retrofriction downtubers. My only
> complaint with the long levers is that they end up exactly at the level of
> my top-tube-mounted pump
The Silvers shift better than any friction shifter, bar end, trigger or down
tube, that I have ever used, including Retrofriction downtubers. My only
complaint with the long levers is that they end up exactly at the level of
my top-tube-mounted pump, but that's not their fault.
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don't tell Grant, but I like downtubes better (with indexed rear).
Bar end shifters always seem to get knocked "out of gear" when not
riding. I find bar ends ugly too. meh. whatev.
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The only time I am careful and pay attention to the location for the
"silver barends" is when I'm climbing out of the saddle. It seem like
I have to keep my knees inward to keep from hitting them. I bump them
occasionally and th worst of it is having to re-trim the dérailleur
position.
~Mike~
On
I used to poke myself in the knee frequently on the Atlantis with
Albatross bars. Mainly in slow speed turning.
Right now, have one bike set up with Shimano bar ends, one with
Silver. While I like the Silver, my actual preference is for the
Shimano shifters. Both are friction mode. Am just fi
I keep hearing about this slamming knee into BE shifters, but it has
never happened to me. I once skidded into the back end of a pickup,
which made a totally unnecessary panic stop on a bridge, and I
slammed my knee into the bar. I only have about 10,000 miles of
experience with them,(mostly com
Hi Happyriding:
For friction shifting, the Silvers as bar end shifters are much
smoother and lighter than the DA shifters in friction mode. One while
starting off from a stop, I had a knee hit the bar-end shifter, but
that was my carelessness while starting off from a stop at the end of
a long ri
I've used them both, and the Silver shifter are by far easier to use
than Shimano. Silver shifters action is smooth and light, the DA is
stiff and heavy. if feels very un-natural.
That said, the Silver shifter were never intended to be used as bar
end shifters, so yes, they are potentially ha
The action on the Silvers is way smoother. I think the DA's mount
better on Paul's Thumbies but that's the only advantage I see with
them. The only time I ever "speared" my leg with a BE shifter was on a
super steep off-road climb. It was no big deal, just caused the bike
to make an unfortunate shi
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