That is *exactly* what I'm thinking for the shifter. True, it's a movement of hand away from handlebar to rotate gear selector, but it could be reachable with either hand, and gosh, it wasn't so long ago that riders reached down below the fork crown to shift gears.
Magic gear? Oh, you mean perfect axle placement to get perfectly-tensioned chain without horizontal dropouts or a cogged/roller tensioner? Attractive, but when the chain stretches... Plus, it all needs to work with fenders and support fast wheel removal for fixing flats. - Andrew, Berkeley On Thursday, December 11, 2014 10:35:40 AM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote: > > If it's custom, you could try for a "magic gear." > Can you put the shifter on the stem "spacer-style," as if the stem quill > is the handlebar? Kind of a weird idea. > > Philip > www.biketinker.com > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 6:21:15 PM UTC-8, BSWP wrote: >> >> Thanks for the link, that comes close. But I was hoping for as close to >> RBW geometry as I could, with either vertical dropouts and a single-cog >> chain tensioner, or semi-horizontal dropouts (but those make it harder to >> fix the torque arm cleanly). Not really interested in bolted-on rear >> dropouts. I'm happy putting an upper limit of 42mm on the tires, too. Ample >> rack mounting points, yes. That dang ugly Rohloff shifter, I have an idea >> to mount it on the stem, instead of out end of the bar. >> >> - Andrew >> >> On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:29:42 PM UTC-8, Kieran J wrote: >>> >>> Is this what you're thinking? >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonesseff/4781556994/ >>> >>> KJ >>> >>> >>> -- 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.
