I mounted Rivendell Thumbies on the stem of my Clem. Maybe not universally appealing but it's an option. And not particularly cheap, but what is these days.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 5:25 PM Roberta <rchas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dross, > > Thanks for the speedie reply. > > 8 speed? 9? Dunno. I'm not looking to replace the shifters, just move > them to a thumbie mount. Do you think they meant replacing the shifters? > This is the web page they sent me: > https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/components/drivetrain/shifting/shimanothumbies/ > Would moving the shifters to a thumbie mount change their fantastic and > smooth as butta' shifting? > > I'm sorta like Leah, bicycle bell ding ding... I just like to get on and > ride. I know to pump air in my tires and lube the chain. I just know I > don't like the placement of the current shifter. > > Roberta > > On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 7:08:07 PM UTC-4 dros...@gmail.com wrote: > >> What speed are you running? The problem with the Paul mount is that you >> can get a new shifter for less money. I have one of the blingy Uno shifters >> but I also have two bikes with Microshift and it works just as well. There >> isn’t too much you can do to engineer a significantly better friction >> shifter which is one of the great things about friction shifters. >> >> On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 7:04 PM Roberta <rcha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have Shimano bar end shifters (friction) on my A Homer Hilsen that >>> work fantastically, but I've never liked placement as bar ends, because of >>> me knocking them out of gear with my knee, hand, ooops bike just leaned on >>> a wall ... So I asked my much loved and trusted bike shop, Keystone Bikes, >>> for options and received this response: "...The only drawback is that the >>> part is pricy. The Paul Thumbie >>> <https://www.paulcomp.com/shop/components/drivetrain/shifting/shimanothumbies/> >>> is the tool for the job, but $127. The Velo Orange Equivalent >>> <https://velo-orange.com/products/vo-thumb-shifter-mounts-22-2-23-8>is >>> cheaper but unavailable. Installation would be recabling the both shifters >>> and setting the thumb mounts up." >>> >>> I'm not against paying the $$, but before I do, I wanted to get some >>> opinions on this mount, setup, placement, suggestions, things I don't know >>> to ask about, "gotchas." I know Paul components are high quality and I'm >>> at a point in my life that I want to do things right and do it just once. >>> >>> Thanks for the input. >>> >>> Roberta >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/85857767-02f6-4cea-afe0-c9dd9378dcb2n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/85857767-02f6-4cea-afe0-c9dd9378dcb2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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/4ab1b8ca-42db-48c9-8886-dfe8635a3238n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4ab1b8ca-42db-48c9-8886-dfe8635a3238n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAA7%3DnpOo2-vxGnkhC0XwCHfM3Z49hcqx__VB4AF-JGsa2m9Q-Q%40mail.gmail.com.
