Larry: Lots of people run bar-ends with a handlebar bag. You'll be able to smoothly route the housings, one way or another: either all the way to the stem under the tape, or just straight out from the tape about 6" ahead of the shifters. If the latter, usually you can route the housings immediately beneath the h'bar bag. It will work fine. Such a routing path can even slightly help to steady the front end which will sometimes get wobbly when you put a rack and bag up there. All my bikes have either down-tube or bar-ends. I do prefer the cleaner look of down-tube shifters, but bar-ends are nice if you plan to shift often while out of the saddle (and in the drops).
- Chris Kostman La Jollla, CA http://www.XO-1.org PS I caught that "upgrading" terminology. Love it! Only in this forum would such language in this case pass muster! On Mar 30, 8:21 pm, LF <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm upgrading a 61cm Riv Custom from 9-speed brifters to 7-speed > friction shifting. Plan to set it up with Nitto mini front rack, > decaleur, Ostrich handlebar bag. I notice many bike with similar set- > ups use downtube shifters. > > I'm considering bar-end shifters, and wondering ... > will the front bag interfere with cable routing? > > P.S. Anyone in the market for a Campag 9-speed drive-train and > brakes? > > Best, > Larry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
