I wholeheartedly agree with Patrick, downtube shifting has it's place despite all the other options out there now. I prefer DT shifters when using drop bars, despite being 6' and riding largish (62-64cm) frames. I like the much simpler cable routing and find that downtube shifting induces somewhat more mindful shifting practices, though is by no means inconvenient compared to bar ends. I hope I'm not in the twilight of my riding days! :)
On Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 8:24:46 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Don't carry this line of thought too far! Steel, hand-built wheels, wool > clothing, friction shifting, leather shoes, fixed drivetrains, lugged > frames, -- you can go on and on about technology that one could argue is in > its twilight. > > There are good reasons for downtube shifters that remain relevant even in > a world of electric button shifting, just as there are good reasons for > lugs, leather, wool, and 32 spoke wheels. The bike industry is rapidly > moving away from just about everything that Rivendell sells. > > Patrick Moore, for whom dt shifters are Hi Tek -- coming back from a brief > climbing ride on the '99 67'/75" fixie, I youngsters on fixed gear bikes > heading for the really steep climbs. > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 6:16 PM, masmojo <mas...@sbcglobal.net > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I like the direction Grant's going & I don't think I am wrong in saying >> the the bike industry is swiftly moving away from downtube shifters and I >> am guessing they are not relevant at all on contemporary bikes. So, then I >> am guessing that the majority of people who like the old style are reaching >> the Twilight of their riding days, riding vintage equipment & likely not >> looking for new shifters anywaz! >> If they are as Bill suggested, stock up now! But, honestly power ratchet >> shifters are easily had on ebay in a pinch. >> >> -- >> 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 <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > 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 contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- 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.
