Because of the cable routing, inside mounted thumbshifters must be friction because they need to be reversed, left/right. That said, clicks are pretty great, you should run the expensive Shimano/Paul stuff, or the less expensive Microshift thumbies. And that said, of my three bikes, two are friction and also pretty great, but no inside thumbies for want of the indexing option should my friction fail (just kidding, about the last failing bit, not that other stuff). -Kai
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:50:21 AM UTC-4 tal...@gmail.com wrote: > I'll be building up one of the new Susies (in green) soon and I'm *debating > my thumb-shifter options*. Do you have some advice? > > I'll be setting up > > - 9-speed Shimano RD (RD-M952) > - Triple Shimano FD (FD-M953) on a Silver Wide-low double > - Inside-mount thumb shifters on Sim Works (Nitto) Ramble bars > - Preferably, indexed shifting for the rear > > I know of > > - *Microshift*. I've got a lot of miles on their 11-speed thumb > shifter on my commuter and I get ghost shifts no matter how much I tweak > it. I have a lot fewer miles on their 2/3x9 pair on my 90s mountain bike > and they haven't given me trouble. > - *Paul Thumbie + Shimano SL-BS77*. Tempting, but expensive. Do you > have experience with this setup? Can you compare it with Microshift? > - *Silver2*. Pretty, but not indexed and I'm a scared wimp. Can you > convince me friction shifting is the way to go? > - *Are there other options* (including used or NOS) I should consider? > > Thanks in advance, > Aaron > -- 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/5e3ba9d7-6c61-467b-8b6a-164120942188n%40googlegroups.com.
