I also enjoyed the new years day blahg... rambling, informative, entertaining. I think I need some new fidget gadgets on my desk...
I have two bikes right now, QuickBeam (shift by loosening two 15mm nuts and sliding the axle or flopping the wheel) and LongLow (friction-mode Shimano 105 barends to a fine six-speed freewheel and front triple). For me, friction shifting keeps me in tune with the bike, which I like. The rubbing front der or rumbling rear cogs tell me I need to nudge the lever just a wee bit more, and I appreciate the communication. But that's me, the connection with the components is part of the ride, and part of why I ride. Now, on the new frame, still waiting to be built, I have a Rohloff rear hub, so it's going to be a purely indexed shifter, the big collar to turn. Thinking to mount it on the stem... there will be learning involved, and I look forward to that, too. - Andrew, Berkeley -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/627143b7-4460-4c37-a430-ff5b255468ab%40googlegroups.com.
