I ended up using the SOS thumb shifters with Albas on my wife's Betty Foy. She just did not get the bar end shifters.
Using the Shimano barends in index mode with either as barends or with Paul/VO/IRD thumb mounts would be another way to go. Nice that you can switch the Shimano barends between index & friction depending on what the rider wants or needs. My wife is 5' 3" and likes the alba bars. I think she would want a stem with less extension for the Dove bars. Dan - Marin On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:29:35 PM UTC-7, Michael wrote: >> >> The bike grinds away during shifting and throws the chain pretty >> regularly. >> >> > That sure sounds like an adjustment issue. I've used lower end Shimano > twist shifters and they've worked fine. Replacing them with Silver would > work fine, but as Steve said, "would they work for the rider?" Has your > wife tried friction shifting, and is she comfortable with it? Also, my wife > and daughter are about 5'4" and find the narrower Dove bar more comfortable > than the Albatross. > > jim m > wc ca > > -- > 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.
