Greetings - About 18 months ago, my house was burglarized. Among the items stolen was my Rivendell custom. I am now trying to replace the custom. The frame is now at Joe Bell's waiting for paint.
I have been trying to find Shimano 9 speed downtube shift levers for a while. I missed out on a couple huge batches offered on EBay. I have seen three options recently: 1) A set of Dura Ace 9 speed downtube levers mated to Paul thumbies on EBay for 150 GBP. This seems like a potential win. Buy the levers (possibly at something below the asking price), sell the Paul Thumbies and come out with a considerable savings. 2) There is a set of Dura Ace 9 speed downtube shifters in Albuquerque for sale at $160. The shop will only deliver locally. I am willing to pay someone local to the shop to facilitate delivery and send the shifters to me. 3) Use Dura Ace 7900 10 speed downtube shifters in place of the 7700 9 speed. According to Sheldon (AASHTA), Dura Ace 10 speed will shift 9 speed fine. A few criteria of interest ... I already have a set of Shimano 9 speed bar ends slated for another bike. Not interested in putting them on the custom. I do indexed only, and I don't do brifters. I have several wheelsets with 9 speed cassettes and associated [rapid rise] derailers for the custom and on other bikes. I am concerned about the following: Will the Paul Thumbie/Shimano downtube lever combo have sufficient parts for install as downtube levers on the custom? Will the thumbie combo have sufficient parts to be able to sell to someone who wants Paul Thumbies? Will the 10 speed levers throw the chain off the smallest cog (given I am using rapid rise with a 9 speed cassette)? Which is the best option? The 10 speed downtube levers appear to be available for approximately $80 sans tax and shipping. Thanks in advance for your opinions, advice, etc. Regards, Corwin -- 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-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9c1e37fd-4538-4606-935a-f863ea4f5508n%40googlegroups.com.
