Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems

On 5/22/2025 9:40 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 5/22/2025 5:01 PM, pH wrote:

On 2025-05-22, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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<snip good deed adventure>

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To me, it's justification for my preference for bar end shifters for
touring. I prefer simple devices with only visible problems.

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Well, it just so happens that bar end shifters are God's favourite.
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If they're good enough for Him they're good enough for me.  I have one
SunTour and one Rivendell on my road bike at the moment.
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Friction shifting,, by the way...no indexing.

 Agreed!
 Well, one bike has them indexing; but I sometimes set it to friction mode when the indexing gets unreliable.
 

I have one index bike, a Raleigh Sports 3 speed. No friction mode; shifts perfectly for the last 54 years.
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