Hi Mark, I and others have done quick-change cockpits. On my Hunqapillar, it was easy to unclip the canti-straddle cable. Set the brake cable lengths on multiple cockpits to-be at the same straddle heights, and there's little adjustment necessary.
Easiest would be to set up down-tube shifters. If that's not to your liking, then thumbies with hinged bands work. I used a right-side bar end, which meant that I had to undo it/redo it. Afterward, I got cable splitters, which worked great. However, it meant having doubles of bar ends, downtube cable stops, etc. With familiarity, I could do a swap in ~5 min without rushing.. could probably be a little faster. But as Patrick suggests, another bike is a better solution. Good luck! shoji Arlington MA On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 9:43:55 AM UTC-4, esoterica etc wrote: > > > Howdy all, > > I’m looking into possible ways on how to construct a “quick release” > method for easy swapping of cockpits. My Atlantis currently has Choco bars > on it which I really like and are great for country rambles, but there are > often times I wish for a different setup, such as drop bars or a Jones bar, > etc. Since the Atlantis (and most other Riv’s) are billed as > all-rounders/multi-purpose bikes, I figured one way to really use them to > their fullest potential would be to have two or more fully-built cockpits > ready to swap depending on your mood and/or terrain you plan to ride on any > given day. Makes sense, right? > > So my question to the group is: has anyone tried doing this? I’ve looked > at using something like the Bruce Gordon couplers, although the BG couplers > are only for shifter cables and he doesn’t have couplers for brake cables. > Or maybe the Richey Quick Disconnect, which have both shifter and brake > units. But these look like they’re designed primarily for a Rinko-type bike > or something with S&S couplers for easy disassembling, and not necessarily > for cockpit swapping. Any ideas/suggestions as to how I can pull this off? > Or can someone explain to me why this doesn’t seem to really be a thing, > despite what a brilliant idea it sounds like? Am I missing something > totally obvious to everyone else? > Thanks y’all, > > ~Mark > Raleigh, NC -- 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.
