The combination works great. The plastic outer covers can crack but the shifters will continue to work just fine.
Ryan On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:41:46 PM UTC-7, WETH wrote: > > Background (may be skipped as it may not be fully relevant to answering > the question and is quite wordy): > I purchased albatross bars for a bike my son and I are repainting and > building up for him. While waiting for him to select a frame color, I > mounted the albatross bars on my daily commuter (a Surly LHT with riv > purchased racks and Rivendell sackville bags). I was running trekking bars > with grip shifters, which I liked well-enough for my 16 mile round trip > commute, but I found them less comfortable on longer rides. I really like > the albatross bars and am considering making them permanent. (I will have > to purchase a 2nd pair from Rivendell for my son's bike!) However, my most > aggressive riding occurs while I am commuting; it is an urban commute on > roads with buses, aggressive commuters and clueless pedestrians. I shift > gears excessively on the 7 speed cassette using the gripshifters. I often > am quickly index shifting through 6-7 gears as I rapidly approach a > stoplight. (I stop at all red lights.) I like to start up from the easiest > gear and up/down shift through the gears as needed. Often, I am quickly > shifting to keep pace with the traffic. Given the heavy vehicle traffic, I > like to maintain as consistent/predictable a presence as possible, which > usually requires both hands on the handlebars. I am considering replacing > the gripshifts on the albatross bars with Shimano bar-end shifters sold by > Rivendell. The grip shifters feel and look a bit strange on the Albatross > bars--though they work fine. However, I have never used bar-end shifters, > only thumb (index), grip (index) and downtube (friction). If you are > patiently still reading, here is my question. > > Question: For those who use or have used the Shimano bar-end shifters, > especially on Albatross bars, how easy is it to index shift rapidly across > several gears on the rear cassette? Is it as easy as moving the lever up > or down the needed number of clicks? (On my gripshift, index shifting, one > click equals one sprocket change on the cassette.) Are the Shimano bar-end > shifters durable enough to take somewhat rough handling every day? (I > think I have read about a washer cracking easily.) As I mentioned, I ride > hard on my commute. I do not mean to insinuate that the shifters are not > of good quality, it is just that I am quite hard on my gear when commuting. > Hence, the Surly LHT with 26 x 2.35 tires. Specifically I would be using > the shifter set compatible with a 6-7-8 speed cassette. > > As always I appreciate and always benefit from the individual and > collective wisdom of this group. I apologize for the wordiness of this > post. > Many thanks, > Erl > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
