Abe, I'd gladly send you some bucks for material, shipping etc to try it out. I'm trying to get hot on this stuff with one bike to sell and one bike to build. And I've been on the fence about which shifters to lose on the bike for sale and what to keep. This/these could influence my decision. Please send me a private message with your paypal etc. if you are inclined.
Here is some copy and paste (can use to find the actual thread) where I got that Shimano 600 lever bit of info: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter Trasko 6/8/17 Resurrecting an old thread, but I made a chance discovery that may be of interest to the group. One limitation of friction-shifted 10 and 11 speed bikes has been the throw length of bar-end shifters. Some people have gotten around this problem with judicious filing of the bar-end pods, like Ultraromance did here with this amazing ride. I'm here to tell you that this filing isn't necessary. I mounted late-model Shimano 600 downtube shifters (these ones) on generic Shimano bar-end pods. These shifters, on these pods, will pull through a full 180 degrees. On a 10 speed cassette they move a little over 90 degrees. I haven't tried 11 (or 12), but I guarantee that it will work. How do I know? With the chain removed and the derailler limits backed all the way out, the shifter will easily pull the derailler into the wheel and beyond. These shifters are also truly "light action", in that you can easily move them by tiny increments. With 10 speed you just never miss a shift. Hope this helps! I'm friction shifting a mega-wide-range system of various parts and just loving it. In the rear I have a 10-speed 11-42 cassette. In the front I use a SunXCD 26-46 double. Altogether I can pull my kid trailer up alpine passes (I live in Switzerland) and my top speed is about 40km/hr - which I can only reach on steep descents. I have the range I need! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Good stuff. -Matthew On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 4:14:57 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > thank you for offering to send me one. That's not necessary. If I need > something like it I'll want to do my own work anyway... Offer it up here > for the less fabricationally inclined. > > Bill > > On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:20:53 PM UTC-7 Pancake wrote: > >> Took a quick spin tonight: it works a dream, could be a tiny fraction >> thicker but as is it leaves a meaningful amount of extra lever movement >> range before it’s stopped by the limit screws at the derailer. It could >> move the derailer another 5mm plus for top or bottom gear (enough to shift >> off the bottom or over the top gear if not stopped by the limit screws). >> >> Thanks Bill. I’ll send you one myself (shout me where you’d like it sent >> by email). >> >> I’m going to fix up another that’s a nicer finish and very tight fit so >> the glue or epoxy will almost unnecessary. >> >> Abe > > -- 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/f805389c-6e7f-4c31-960e-96e6dc03ad24o%40googlegroups.com.
