I gotta say i went with campy b/c my comp-triple and my bottom bracket haven't failed me in over 10K, only 3K was actually mine, and this was a hand-me-down gift. so when it came to looking at the shifters, campy was my first thought. Simplex and silvers, more choices to ponder.
The part seems to be a lever bracket/stop piece, http://tinyurl.com/242r366, i'm thinking i might be able to just fill this in with the right size washer. Anyone know if that part is "necessary?" Thanks! --e On Jul 23, 5:44 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > What's so special about Campagnolo downtube shifters? Or, put it > > another way, many would say the best downtube shifters ever were the Sun > > Tour Sprints, which RBW has brought back into current production as > > Silver shifters. Have you considered using them? > > Another alternative are the Simplex Retrofriction which still manage > to come up on eBay fairly often. > > I keep my quite lovel Campy nos DT shifters on the display shelf. My > bikes all have Simplex Retrofriction. > > On Jul 23, 6:16 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 09:54 -0700, Eduardo Rosas wrote: > > > So I'm finally getting close to getting my custom lugged "randonneur" > > > type bike from a local builder. So naturally I'm stocking up on older > > > proven technology like down-tube shifters. I finally found a nice set > > > of c-record campy friction shifters that weren't all banged up, but... > > > I could only find the kind that attaches to a crown and ideally I'd > > > like to use the down-tube braze-ons. There is a piece, sorry I don't > > > know the name (part #1 on this picture (http://www.ventoux.com/ > > > campyrf.gif)) that I need, my set has this piece riveted into the > > > crown and I'd rather not mutilate the crown to get it off. Does > > > anyone happen to have a pair of these for sale or know where i might > > > be able to pick some up. > > > What's so special about Campagnolo downtube shifters? Or, put it > > another way, many would say the best downtube shifters ever were the Sun > > Tour Sprints, which RBW has brought back into current production as > > Silver shifters. Have you considered using them? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
