I found some bases and complete old-timey sets. So far it appears that bolt size/threads are different than modern M5, but after that is figured out, I may be able to get something to work.
On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 2:47 PM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > One of those things that got swept away with the cheesy things of the past > even though it was not a cheesy thing. Guilt by association. > > I think the fact that stem shifters have made a tiny comeback is a sign of > how good they are. Forum member Beth H brought them to my attention on good > new bikes probably over 15 years ago in a Riv Reader. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 20, 2014, at 2:40 PM, dougP <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > > The ones I have are old style, I think. They are those ratchety kind like > came on cheap bikes. The mechanism feels similar to Sun Tour barcons. They > may even be Sun Tour. > > dougP > > On Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:58:54 PM UTC-8, James Warren wrote: >> >> Plug for the new IRD mounts here. I love stem shifting with new 9-speed >> shifters. >> If you can make it work with old mounts, that will be cool! If you decide >> it won't work and mow some lawns, splurging on the IRDs would probably be >> satisfying. >> >> Are the ones from Doug old style or IRDs? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:45 PM, cyclotourist <cyclot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Let me go through the parts bin this afternoon and see what happens! >> > Thanks for the offer! >> > >> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:14 PM, dougP <doug...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> David: >> >> >> >> I just remembered I've got a complete stem shifter set-up that someone >> >> on >> >> the list gave to me. It's yours if you want it. No idea about what it >> >> looks like when you take the levers off. >> >> >> >> dougP >> >> >> >> On Saturday, December 20, 2014 7:48:52 AM UTC-8, cyclot...@gmail.com >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> The bar-end, downtube, shem shifting discussion elsewhere has me >> >>> thinking: Can a modern-ish nine speed indexed shifter be mounted on an >> >>> old-timey five speed stem-shifter clamp? If so, I bet I could scare >> >>> one up down at the co-op. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> David >> >>> >> >>> Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >> >>> >> >>> "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Cheers, >> > David >> > >> > Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace >> > >> > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal >> > >> > -- >> > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- Cheers, David Member, Supreme Council of Cyberspace "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- 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.
