Usually when reversing shifters for inside mounting the left is kept as the front shifter and the right as the rear. When you reverse index shifters in this way you are forced to swap the front/rear shifting so that the left shifts the rear. It's not wrong, just unconventional.
-Dave On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 1:59:20 PM UTC-4 tal...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the backup on my love of clicks. :) > > I've got my Microshift 2x9 set up inside and indexed without cable routing > issues. Yes, they're reversed, but that takes about 30 seconds to get used > to. Is cable routing an issue with other options? > > [image: PXL_20230930_181944351.jpg] > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:41:50 AM UTC-6 Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY > wrote: > >> 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/37ab2e97-317f-49c8-80f4-93611d93de1fn%40googlegroups.com.
