Surprising as it may be, that's a traditional location for rear-gear shifters on townie bikes, up through about the mid-50s. I have a 1952 Peugeot PC40 frameset with a braze-on for a Simplex friction shifter in that location; I've also seen a number of examples of indexed shifters (both IGH and Super Champion).
Granted, the geometry of bikes of that type was to have relatively long top tubes, in the style of the 1920s. This, plus the more upright riding position, probably reduced the groin-impalement risk. Peter Adler Berkeley, CA/USA On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 6:45:58 PM UTC-8 George Schick wrote: Patrick - why did you decide to terminate the SA shift cable at a lever mounted on the top tube instead of running it into a housing and up to the bars? Squeamishly, I detect a potential groin injury from that location. -- 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/1633cf47-d5f9-46b7-b9c9-493412e20509n%40googlegroups.com.
