Hi Aaron. I was just telling another list member privately that Paul Thumbies + Shimano SL-BS77s are my idea of shifting nirvana. We have this combo on five of our bikes. I use them strictly in friction mode and they totally fulfilled my quest for awesome shifting. No need to explore shifters anymore!
With the high-end drivetrain you're setting up, I can't imagine you will find smoother, lighter, or more precise action. The caveat is that what works for one person won't necessarily work for someone else. It's subjective and idiosyncratic. Good luck! Jim On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 8:05:11 PM UTC-4 Glen wrote: > When I switched up my Atlantis to Billy Bars a few years ago I also > ditched the bar ends for a Shimano Sora rapid fire rear shifter and one of > the Sunrace front shifters set up for left inner mounting. > > I really like that setup but if you don't have the real estate in front of > your grips, that the Billy Bars have, you may find that the shifter gets in > the way of grasping the bars just in front of the grip. The left side has > much more room to grasp there and if you spend a lot of time climbing in > that position you may find the Sora uncomfortable and prefer the Sunrace > for both sides. > > It had been almost 20 years since I last had indexing on a road bike and > it's kind of a nice change. I love it on my mountain bike but its a 1X and > I would never try to shift an indexed 3X (again) > > On Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 9:50:21 AM UTC-6 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/49690caa-67c0-4abe-8ada-444cbe8ba12dn%40googlegroups.com.
