If Jenny from Point Loma sees this maybe she'll chime in. She has them on her Homer & they look good. I haven't gotten a close look but they look better than the ones common back in the 70s/80s. It's a clean look that elminates all the clutter of the bar ends I've been using forever. Definitely worth consideration.
dougP On Feb 17, 12:42 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The coolest things I've seen is custom steel stems with downtube > bosses brazed onto the stem. Ahearne in particular features them > often. > > On Feb 17, 11:21 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I was trying to find something like this a while back, with no luck. I > > even asked Chris at VO if they would consider producing some kind of > > stem mount for the silver shifters. He said they had considered it, > > but it was way down the list of things they are planning to do. > > > Best bet would be to find an old stem shift clamp that uses the same > > bosses as the current production silvers. > > > I've even thought about trying to retrofit downtubes to my Sam, > > without brazing bosses on. Nothing exists for a 31.8mm downtube, > > though, and I don't have the skills/tools to fabricate anything that > > would look decent. > > > -Pete > > > On Feb 17, 11:28 am, jsk <jeff...@lightsideps.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Just wondering if anyone knows of a manufacturer making modern, well > > > built stem mounted shifters anymore (or ever)? You know, like the type > > > that used come standard on Schwinn Collegiate bikes and the like? > > > > I mean, considering the devotion to upright bars here ...- Hide quoted > > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bunch@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.
