I love the little red button on top of the micro shift shifters as well! On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 5:39:29 PM UTC-6 Joe Bernard wrote:
> To answer the question - and possibly comfort folks who missed out - in my > experience the difference in feel/performance between Silver2 and the > Microshift 9-speeders is not substantial. If you swap the Microshifts and > use friction for both, the rear shifter (which was the front) ends up with > a very similar power ratchet action. The front (which was the rear and > could be indexed) is now switched to a pure friction which I think is > smooth enough for the 2 or 3 rings you'll shift. > > Conclusion: Silver shifters are nice (definitely prettier), Microshift is > plenty good as well. > > Joe "in this reporter's opinion" Bernard > > On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7:15:41 AM UTC-7 pbsm...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Looks like one side sold out already :-/ >> >> Was thinking of replacing my Paul thumbies mounts with these for the >> adjustability. >> >> Oh well >> >> Pat in DC >> >> On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 8:42:22 AM UTC-4 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Hey all! >>> I have an Atlantis w/Choco bars and run the Microshift SL-T09 in the >>> Groovy Rivendell reversed style. It's a Riv build and they didn't have >>> Silver shifters available when I ordered and I was a little sad about it. I >>> have no complains about the Microshifts whatsoever, but I'd love some >>> feedback from anyone who has experience with the newer Silver thumbies and >>> the Microshifts. I'm tempted to buy a pair of shifters and mounts now that >>> they're all in stock, but I'm not sure I really *need* to. >>> >>> Essentially, other than looking cooler (which is, to be sure, a valid >>> reason to change), is there any performance/usability advantage of Silver >>> shifters? >>> >>> I appreciate your time! >>> Ben >>> >> -- 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/21087c04-e0af-4167-9206-20c583297c13n%40googlegroups.com.
