on 11/27/08 5:25 PM, Angus at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only thing that worried me is instead of sticking my fingers into
the spokes of the front wheel trying to find a DT shifter I will now
be able to stick my fingers into the spokes of the rear wheel while
trying to find the rod.
HIi all,
On my year-old Atlantis I had it built with bar ends, because I have
exprience with them on an ol road bike.However, I am a bit sorry
that I did not have the bike built with DT shifting.Fisrt of all,
I have a tendency to bump the shifters when I am straddleing the
bike. This
Kelly Take Off shifter mounts put DT levers just inboard of the
hoods. I believe they are out of production, but the web site's still
up. See http://www.kellybike.com/2nd_xtra_takeoff.html. They are
sporadically available on e-bay. I have never used them, but they did
have their fans.
I
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Seth Vidal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a good location for non-brifters if you're on the hoods most
of the time? I've found DT shifters are a bit of a stretch for me and
bar ends are okay, but kind of an odd movement from the drops. I've
actually
SV:
A few years back someone made a shifter that attached to the handlebars
IIRC it looked like a wing nut. Can't recall who had them (maybe Riv?) but
maybe this will jog a better memory than mine.
I've tried thumbies on the tops. It's a cheap experiment. It didn't work
for me but there are
I wondered when on the SS missionaries would be tempted to open a post with
a reference to shifting in the subject line.
dougP
Patrick observed:
But I personally don't see any reason not to put thumbshifters on drop bar
flats. Me, I got rid of the shifting problem by doing away with
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Doug Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wondered when on the SS missionaries would be tempted to open a post
with a reference to shifting in the subject line.
dougP
That's fixed missionaries to you, young man.
Patrick enlightened, converted, happy
George Schick wrote:
Seems
like DT shifters also train you to shift only when you really need to
- I've ridden along with people who have brifter-equipped bikes and
all I ever heard was shifting going on for the slightest little rise
or drop in elevation.
I had bar end shifters on my
I tried bar ends last year, after 25 years with DT and 2 with
brifters. I found I really liked the closeness of the shifters when
commuting in heavy traffic or on steep, rolling terrain, where I shift
more often. But I've never gotten bar ends to shift as reliably or
hold the gear consistently
Angus - I recently made the same shift (pardon the pun) to DT shifters on my
Atlantis. I also went friction rather than indexed. I must admit that it is a
little more inconvenient, but I knew that going in, and that is partly why I
did it. I love riding my Quickbeam around because I don't
And there's no denying that DT shifters are the most aesthetically pleasing
set up.
I've used bar ends for 20 years there's no denying the clutter of cables
around the handlebars can't be made to look good. But they are functional.
dougP
On Nov 24, 7:20 pm, rcnute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a clamp which would allow DT shifters on a Bleriot?
I think they used to make them for older bikes but the Bleriot has an
OS downtube right? Might be hard to get something that could fit. DT
shifter braze ons could be added. I've
on 11/24/08 7:20 PM, rcnute at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there a clamp which would allow DT shifters on a Bleriot?
I know this question came up either on the Bleriot list or the 650B list...
...dit, dit, dit... hmmm Well. Nottalotta options.
I _thought_ I recalled someone who had
on 11/24/08 9:34 PM, CycloFiend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a person on the Bleriot registry page -
http://www.tfl.net/Bleriot/BleriotRegistry.htm
who states they've mounted a campy set of shifters on the top tube. I've
emailed him to see if he has any photos available.
Robert
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