Re: Disc brake maintenance tips

On Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:42:39 GMT, Tom Kunich <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
 

On most bikes the downtube shifters are in the arc of your
pedaling knees

oh fer fucks sake.
No tom, they aren't
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1-CyMzCwk4
Here's another
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JR2V6QzSCU4

so how in the hell can you NOT pause even
if you didn't care where you're going.

Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz6hBuwbiBQ
Here's another video showing numerous cyclists shifting while pedaling, and their knees are no where close.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_shSrQeiE4

And reaching down
and fumbling around trying to find the correct lever is
worse than looking down.

I've never had a problem grabbing the wrong shifter without looking down.
I've never had a problem shifting with my knees getting in the way.
This is a problem only _you_ have tom, I'll invite others here to comment about their problems with downtube shifters. I'm guessing knees getting in the way, grabbing the wrong lever, and having to pause to shift aren't very high on anyones list.