[RBW] IRD Thumbshifters and Quill shift mount questions
The IRD thumbshifter is a shortened Silver ratchet shifter, so it should fit onto the IRD stem mount just fine. But you might be able to skip this step altogether and just mount your shifters-with-clamps onto your quill stem. The diameter of your clamps and the stem mount is the same, so just put a wrap of cloth tape around the stem and slide them on. This will be a bit clunky with two shifters - and I'm not sure how the cable angle will work - but should work fine with just one. Keeping the front derailer without a shifter will work if you can get the limit screws adjusted to hold it in place over the big ring. Or you can ditch it so you can stop and put the chain on the small ring for that inevitable big hill. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] IRD Thumbshifters and Quill shift mount questions
When I bought my Hillborne from the fine Riv folks I got the Albatross bars with IRD thumbshifters set up. When Brian was building it up he warned me that while those thumbshifters are fantastic (and they are) that it might be better to go with the stem shifter mount or bar ends to give me max amount of positions on the bars. I really wanted the shifting right by my hands and I don't like bar end shifters that much so I told him it would be fine with the thumbs. I should learn that the Riv folks really know their stuff because after owning it for almost a year now I have decided that I really feel a bit cramped around the brake area because of the shifters. Is it possible to remount the IRD shifters onto the quill shift mount? It seems like it should be possible but I am unsure. My other option is this...I don't use the front shifter at all. I have the wide low double and am always in the larger chainring. I could always just mount the right thumb shifter onto the quill and just drop the left one completely. I assume that as long as I leave the derailer there I could just remove that shifter completely. All of this might free me up to more easily switch to moustache bars later if I want to. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
