On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 3:19:27 AM UTC+1, Pondero wrote: > > Nudged by Bill's inspiration, I ordered stem shifter mounts from Riv for > my Atlantis. Then, in a classic timing move by me, I remembered I had some > stem shifters way back in my parts pile...somewhere. I found them and > cleaned them up a bit... > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/28889177@N06/15854585506/in/photostream/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/28889177@N06/15878412351/in/photostream/ > > ...and wondered, because they are bodacious, whether these things would > shift a modern 9spd cassette. Any suggestions? > > The lever for the rear has a delightful ratchet, and the lever for the > front is pure friction. > > Chris Johnson > Sanger, Texas >
I guess you'll need something like a moped throttle cable for those shifters, it looks like they are made for some small barrel nipples that are not used nowadays on bikes. Moped/motorcycle parts shops could possibly also have loose slip-over barrels that could fit "good enough" on a standard bike shifter cable. And they probably do pull enough cable for a nine-speed Shimano derailer. If you have a bike with a nine-speed shifter, it easy to measure how much cable is moving in between gears 1-9 - remove the rear wheel, shift to 9 and then just pull any end of the outer cable and measure how much it moves. I think it's about 20 mm. Then you can just use a piece of string to see how much pull your old shifters manage. Johan Larsson, Sweden -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
