I thought that too Joe when I first saw them but shifting them is comfortable enough. I push and pull with me thumb and sometimes on the rear shifter I use my index finger from under the bar to push it up.
The real issue is this shifting, it's starting to drive me nuts. Last night I went on a 2 hour spin through some local greenway paths and ended up finding some nice undulating forest trails that followed a little creek. The bike handled the swooping turns and uneven surfaces amazingly, it was so fun. But, at one point I was descending and I could see a steep ramp approaching and knew I'd need to be in the small chainring (I was mid or higher up the cassette). Without even touching the rear shifter, only dropping down in the front, it started skipping and clunking and I couldn't get it back again and had to dismount part way up the climb. Annoying. I started thinking about it and wondered if the long chain stays played a roll in this scenario? It's likely the rear shifter is to blame, it was probably one click away from being perfectly in line with the gear and when the chain went to the front ring, the new angle of the chain was enough to cause an alignment issue in the rear. But would the long stays and associated chain also contribute to this? Would the extra length exaggerate the angles? Does the extra long chain affect shifting performance? All bitching and hypothesizing aside, it's not gonna stop me from riding again tonight! And neither is this relentless west coast rain. Once these kiddlings are in bed I'll be out there! -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
