Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems

On 2025-05-23, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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

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

 
Well, it just so happens that bar end shifters are God's favourite.
 
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.
 
Friction shifting,, by the way...no indexing.

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Agreed!
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Well, one bike has them indexing; but I sometimes set it to friction
mode when the indexing gets unreliable.
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Since I only have a six-speed freewheel (cluster? What *is* the proper
word...) friction is not finicky at all...

pH