A new Reader! Frankly, as much as I like Bicycle Quarterly, I like the Reader better, at least, as long as it has at least 30 pages. I look forward to this!
The word is duesy, from Duesenberg, at one point the *ne plus ultra* of American automobiles. Reader 44 might/should actually appear this year. Two years ago it would have been back by popular demand, but by now it’s mostly been forgotten, so we’re going to try to make it a doosie? Deusie? Deusy? SILVER SHIFTER The magic of the Silver shifter is a pawl-and-ratchet, kind of like what a freewheel or cassette has, and yes it’s a bit of hidden complication, but the benefits are worth going to hell for, for…relying on hidden oomplication. It is magnificent, and you can sing your dirge to the old Simplex retrofriction shifters all you want, loving them more and more as their years of unavailability are piling up and now approaching something like 30. But they had their hidden complication, too, and most people who’ve used them long have broken them. IME, having used many different kinds of bar end shifters, the Silver beats the Simplex easily. It is better than the Retrofriction, the PowerRatchet, any other SunTour, the original Dura Ace, and all the indexed Shimano ones up at least to 8 speed-- I've not tried later ones. FWIW: I got my Nashbar Microshift road rd caught in the spokes of my Fargo, and it violated things so much that the der cage snapped, and the chain pulled the hangar up tight against the outer cog. I replaced the Microshift with an old 7400 Dura Ace and, for symmetry and aethetics, replaced the LX FD with a 7400 fd. The shop refused to install the 7400, saying they could not get it low enough and still have it clear the chainstay; the lower st bottle cage boss interferes. I installed it anyway, and the cage is at its closest 1.5 cm from the 38 t big ring, installed in the middle position, with a guard on the outside. It shifts fine; perhaps the Silver BES helps. As to the jerk who sent a corroded Silver back with the instructions, "Replace it," I'd tell him to take a running jump; or, even better, to go f*** himself. And put it on official company stationary, signed by all the officers of the corporation. Does anyone know what these Grant Designed, Nitto Built frames are to be? -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto -- 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.
