Semi-related: anyone have any luck mounting the new silver 2 shifters to a quill stem shifter mount? When I called Riv they weren’t sure, I guess they haven’t tried that yet. They mentioned that the older silver shifters work fine that way though. I’m contemplating doing downtube shifters or quill mount on my new Roadini when it comes in...
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 6:52:01 PM UTC-4, Mike Blackwell wrote: > > I'm replacing the worn out circa ~2000 Shimano barend shifters (DuraAce I > think) on my Redwood with Silver 2's. I was thinking I could keep the > Shimano bar pods and just swap out the shifters, but now I'm not sure sure. > I've attached a picture of what I have (Silver 2 on top, Shimano on bottom). > > Looking at just the left side - the Silver 2 comes with a smaller normal > flat washer and a larger flat washer with a square hole and a tab sticking > out. The old Shimano shifter has a spacer with some intricate internal > structure. > > To get the spacing right, so the Silver 2 shifter cable exit aligns with > the bar pod cable retainer it seems like I need to use the Shimano spacer. > The big Silver 2 washer (with square hole and tab) doesn't seem to fit > anywhere, I assume that's just for the Silver 2 pod. Not sure if I need the > smaller Silver 2 washer, but it seems like I might to keep the pressure > across the shifter face even. > > The internal structure of the Shimano spacer seems to be the biggest > problem - it prevents things from nesting together the way it ought to (I > think). Maybe I need to remove some of that internal material? > > So - before I start irreversibly filing and Dremelling - am I on the right > track here? If anyone's done a similar swapout I'd love to hear about it! > > Thanks! Mike Blackwell > > -- 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/7d9f9a0c-ad37-4ced-93a7-e8ac52854090%40googlegroups.com.
