When I commuted by bike I liked the stem mounted shifters. They let you stay upright the whole time as opposed to the ones on the down tube. This is of course before I discovered the joy of bar-ends. If your commute is so bad that you cant take your hands off the bars for a second to shift maybe you should think about a single speed bike. I didn't catch where you were from but for commuting through the Fallujah like hellscape you describe maybe just one speed would be safer.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Matthew J <matthewj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Given the heavy vehicle traffic, I like to maintain as > consistent/predictable a presence as possible, which usually requires both > hands > > on the handlebars. > To be fair it is all a matter of rider preference and style, but I am a > daily Chicago commuter and for the life of me cannot figure out why this > should be so. > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
