I've been seriously considering going to a downtube shifter on my bike. I have the down tube boss, I would love to free up the handlebar space (BIG thumb shifter) and I only shift when I can't accomplish my ride as a single-speed.
On a related noted, when Grant brought out the 10 Apaloossa's, I thought the idea of a double chainring without a front deraileur was just nuts. I'm now contemplating the exact same set-up simply because I like to keep my bike as simple as possible and I probably wouldn't use the granny ring more than a few times a year. On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 1:49:44 PM UTC-5, Marc Irwin wrote: > > That is a reoccurring question I hear when out among bike enthusiasts. > Nobody cares about the production date or from which batch it may have > come. > People are always asking me how old it is. They never ask that about the > Hunqapillar, just the Hillborne. Some are surprised when I tell them it's > only 3 years old or so, but many just don't believe me. Some have even > corrected me with, "No, that's an English brand. A friend of mine had one > in the '70's." They will argue, pretending to know some deep secret about > the lug work that "*They* just don't make 'em like that anymore." When I > try to explain who *They* are, I'm ignored and, being the true > enthusiasts, they continue to compliment my "find" and they way I've built > it up with modern components. It's happened a few times now. Is it just > me, or has this happened to anybody else? > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n8XUms5K3vk/VWNus32_eGI/AAAAAAAAH7Q/nb5uViw4z0g/s1600/IMG_2266%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.JPG> > Marc > -- 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.
