Wow, seems like Microshift are very well liked. I’ll ask my bike shop about them and other options. I’m not against changing the shifter as long as they works well .
I have an albatross handlebar. Roberta On Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 12:42:23 AM UTC-4 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Roberta > > With the information given so far, there is one big "gotcha". What clamp > diameter do you need? There are no fewer than five possibilities for what > you need, and Paul Thumbies only are made in two of those five sizes. Can > you share a photo of your bike? > > The five possible sizes are: > > 22.2mm > 23.8mm > 25.4mm > 26.0mm > 31.8mm > > Do you have albatross bars? Or drop bars? Albastache? > > If you have Albatross bars, those take a 22.2mm clamp, and Paul Thumbies > can go "anywhere" along those bars. Also, many of the complete shifters > folks have recommended would also fit because they all have 22.2mm clamps. > Drop bars and Albastache will want 23.8mm clamps which is trickier. If > you want to clamp on the sleeve near the stem, you may need 25.4mm or > 26.0mm, which no longer are made in Paul Thumbies (but they used to be). > 31.8mm is the clamp diameter for modern drop bars on the bulge near the > stem. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 4:04:46 PM UTC-7 Roberta 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a000e748-de9e-4966-8c13-3ede0ccfcb66n%40googlegroups.com.
