The Silver 2 shifters look wonderful. I got the less expensive option of the Suntour Power Thumbies (two sets actually) and love them. The Silver 2 shifters ratchet and have a smooth return like the Suntours, right?
On Sunday, September 18, 2022 at 1:10:40 PM UTC-7 rmro...@gmail.com wrote: > Caveat, I am not a very good bike mechanic & I grew up using friction > shifting. My Clem came to me with the Microshift thumb shifters. The front > shifter of course is friction only. The rear came set up to index (9 speed) > and it has been fine. Better than fine really, but just a little bit klunky > looking (imho) compared to the beautiful Silver 2 units. Honestly I ordered > the Silver's last week 90% base on looks, 10% on the romance of the > mechanical bicycle. > The shifters arrived yesterday and I wanted to see if I could do the > install. First I tackled reversing the Shimano brake levers so the clamping > bolts would not interfere with the shifters in the "inside" thumbie > position that Riv seems to prefer. No biggie, just release the cable on > each lever and swap'em. With that out of the way I mounted the rear > shifter. Only thing left was to string the cable. Its a pretty new bike so > I wanted to use the existing cables. I removed the crimped end and > extracted the cable without incident or fraying. I then threaded said cable > through the new shifter and through the housing, It stuck at the last > ferrule. It just would not go and I figured forcing it would be a bad idea. > So instead I reversed that rearmost 12" piece of housing and the cable went > right through. I fiddle with the cable tension a bit and all seemed well. > Spun the pedals and tried shifting up the cassette - no go. Checked the d > ring and it was loose. Snugged it up a bit and damned if it did not shift. > Ran it up the cassette and seemed good enough to test ride. > I cannot believe its actually working. But what I really cannot comprehend > is how excellent the shifting is. I think further adjustments are needed > but it goes up and down without incident in the smoothest, most joyfully > tactile way imaginable. Great success! Now I need those gorgeous Love > Levers to complete the look.:) > -- 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/e9da9db8-05e8-4b16-a8a8-f5b909291c17n%40googlegroups.com.
