Couple of thoughts: Think again about thumbies. On upright / flat bars, IME&HO, thumbies are more natural & intuitive. Another consideration is the sticking out bar ends get in the way sometimes. You can check to see if Paul's thumbie adapters will work with Silvers but they work with the levers for Shimano bar ends.
Check out Ergon's line of handlebar grips. The basic GP-1 is great for casual riding: http://www.ergon-bike.com/en/product.html?a=griffe About $30 at REI & maybe less somewhere on Amazon. Have used these for years & love 'em. Comfort is king. dougP On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 8:16:00 AM UTC-7, jjss wrote: > > Hey all! > > I'm about to rebuild my Atlantis as more of a cruiser partly so I can use > it for more of a cruising around bike and partly b/c my girlfriend will > ride it and I think she might like this configuration better since she's > not a big rider. I'm attaching a pic of my current configuration which has > served me well for quite a while in New York City and LA. It's a clear > coat over the frame. One of the early ones that riv did like this, I > believe. > > I'm going to list my plans below w/ questions and I'd love any good > spirited ideas for how to improve on my plans. Interested and both > functional and aesthetic input! Thanks so much!! > > > - Change Bars to Choco Norm bars. > - Which orientation should i use? > - Any reason not to go with these? > > > - Replace shifter with Silver Shifters > - I've just always wanted these. Was thinking of using thumbies > but I'm a sucker for the simplicity of barends. > - Need new brake levers > - Probably will go with the silver shimano mtb levers. Anyone have > a strong recommendation for how to improve on this choice? > - New cabling ( > > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/vo-metallic-braid-derailleur-cable-kits.html > ) > - thought this stuff looked pretty slick. Any reason not to go > with it? Other suggestions? > - New Skewers > - As long as I'm making changes I want get some silver ones. > Anybody got a recommendation for some cool ones to buy, new or old > that > will go with the overall bike? > - New Cranks etc > - Hoping for something to protect the pant legs from grease since > this will be used for tooling around > - Was going to go with these: > > https://www.rivbike.com/collections/cranks-bbs/products/sugino-xd2-wide-low-double-crank-40t-x-26t > - Anything else I should thing about here? > - New Grips > - Need grips for the new bars. really don't know what to do here. > - Any reason not to go with these in Gum: > > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/leather-goods-handlebar-grips/constructeur-rubber-grip.html > > - My local bike store loves these: > https://www.amazon.com/ESI-Grips-MTB-COL-Chunky-Grip/dp/B00554FMUY > - anything else I should look at? > - Coating / paint > - I love the clear coat but I'm buy the beach and I've seen some > bits of rust turn up. > - Anyone know if there some kind of spray clear coat that I can use > to give it a once-over? Just want to seal it up and I like the rough > looking finish. > > Any other cool ideas? > > -- 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.
