I like indexed DT 8 speed shifting on my commuter and my long distance bike. I guess I actually love it.
I'm generally moving towards indexing on most of my bikes: -- trails bike (Rawland dSogn) has 8 speed brifters -- which I love for technical climbing. -- CX (RB-T) bike has single 8 speed brifter -- mountain bike is indexed. Until now, I didn't realize that I'd made such a transformation. I must say though, that I do miss the feel of Suntour barcons, which I used to run nearly exclusively on all drop-bar bikes. My move to the dark side of indexing stated with the DT shifters though, which index beautifully since there's only one loop in the housing. On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > Among those of you who now use downtube shifters (or have in the past), how > many of you are confirmed fans of downtube shifting, and how many of you > tried it as an experiment but then switched to a different shifting system > that you felt was better? Oh, and any thoughts re downtube indexed vs. > downtube friction would be welcome. > > Thanks, -- Forrest (Iowa City) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ewWKs5Wvv_gJ. > 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. > -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- 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.