I run Paul thumbies with 8 speed shimano barcons, and love them! I use interrupter brake levers and it makes for a very comfy setup. The shifters are protected from falls and easily accessed. Most of the time I am riding on the tops of the bars anyway, and I don't have to release the bars to shift. Being a retired Paramedic, I always wondered why anyone would run Silvers (bar end mount). They look like perfect little daggers that would pierce you in an accident. If I had them, I would wrap the ends in rubber tape, then dunk them in tool handle dip stuff. I'd give them many coats, until I was sure they would not stab me.
Boing Boing... Clayton On Jan 29, 3:12 pm, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I used Riv Silvers as bar enders for a while but became tired of them > jamming me in the upper thigh and seeing them hit my top tube too. I > switched them to the down tube and that is where they shine in my > opinion. Being on the down tube discourages excessive and obsessive > shiftiness plus they are simpler that way and the bike looks cleaner. > The only bar end shifters that I like are the old short and stubby > Suntour ones that I have on my mustache bar bike. Riv used to sell > these when they were available. I think Paul thumbies might work > better than bar end shifters for the above stated reasons if you don't > like stretching forward to shift. I do have Silvers on our 'family > conversion mountain bike' with Albatross bars and they work great on > that bar/bike combo. Never used Shimano bar enders. > > On Jan 28, 4:42 pm, chris love <melvinl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all. I'm deciding which shifters to put on my new ride (silver bar > > ends - friction only i think - or shimano) and curious who swears by > > which. Any opinions?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
