Bill, I think you're bang on with your analysis and description, thanks for breaking it down and examining/explaining the shifter.
I'm not upset at Riv for sourcing this part, its just less then ideal and the nuances of the shifter in this application make it difficult to live with. This is which why I ponied up for some ultegra bar ends. It's good to hear the sun race bodies will house the barcon so further options there. Now this may offend some, and call me new school, but I don't really understand the benefit of friction shifting in the rear. What is the point of being able to trim the rear derailer? it's either in line or not in line and when it's not in line it runs like crap. I know it's all personal preference and no one way is the right way, but I'll take a well tuned index system any day. I don't want to have to think about or customize rear derailer alignment. Front shifting on the other hand I love having the ability to smoothly move the derailer along its plane to prevent chain rub. Cheers everyone! -- 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.
