Where do down tube shifters go?
10-24-20, 03:59 PM
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10-24-20, 04:17 PM
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We are talking bicycles. "We have standards, real standards (and lots of them)."
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10-24-20, 05:56 PM
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That's 11.5cm, shifter to head tube (c-c). I like it!
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10-24-20, 06:17 PM
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I went out to my shop where I measured a few of my classic frames I keep around for frame building class student inspection. My Masi and Colnago where 100mm from the head tube. My Hetchins was 120mm. My 1965 Schwinn Super Sport (before they put the shift levers up on the stem) at 95mm.
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Men who ride fixed can melt ice caps and crush asteroids!
The correct answer is: It depends!
Decal?, Dents to hide?, Chips to cover?
What size bottle on the downtube? Shifters must balance appropriately.
Also, inversely proportional to the length of your armstofingertips; when ya need to shift fast on a wet steep climb, in traffic, with no bike lane, while avoiding the broken glass.
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1. Install the front caliper.
2. Turn bars to the R until the caliper hits the DT.
3. Put the shifters a bit lower than the DT scar so it’s immediately noticeable.
4. Done.
Simple.
2. Turn bars to the R until the caliper hits the DT.
3. Put the shifters a bit lower than the DT scar so it’s immediately noticeable.
4. Done.
Simple.
10-25-20, 06:44 AM
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10-25-20, 08:16 AM
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10-25-20, 09:05 AM
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Where do Downtube shifters go?
Where do Downtube shifters go?
In the pile of parts that I take to the co-op.
All of my drop-bar bikes have old school SunTour friction/ratcheting barcons.
Other bikes with upright have trigger shift (3-speed), or thumbies...
In the pile of parts that I take to the co-op.
All of my drop-bar bikes have old school SunTour friction/ratcheting barcons.
Other bikes with upright have trigger shift (3-speed), or thumbies...
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If that happens, go with barcons.
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I'll bite on this zombie thread.
It's a well known fact that the only bikes that will survive the zombie apocolypse will be vintage Varsinentals. Can't kill those.
It's a well known fact that the only bikes that will survive the zombie apocolypse will be vintage Varsinentals. Can't kill those.
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04-10-22, 01:31 PM
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And by then, the surviving cockroaches, having feasted on the surviving twinkies, will be large enough to ride them.
08-14-22, 02:00 PM
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Where do down tube shifters go?
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08-14-22, 02:41 PM
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Or the paint removal caused by the right-hand thumbnail when slamming the lever fully forward. Also fairly common back then.
08-15-22, 06:55 AM
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08-15-22, 12:43 PM
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I know that I can't be the only rider who ever (more than once) noticed the possibility of one's fingers nearly getting sucked into the fork crown by the passing front tire.
A rider riding behind me once got tipped forward on his older Colnago when that happened, getting briefly knocked out and with his front tire left contacting the down tube.
I say play it safe, and that some frames (especially ones with tight-ish tire clearances) seem to have their DT lever positioning too far forward for safety.
A rider riding behind me once got tipped forward on his older Colnago when that happened, getting briefly knocked out and with his front tire left contacting the down tube.
I say play it safe, and that some frames (especially ones with tight-ish tire clearances) seem to have their DT lever positioning too far forward for safety.
08-15-22, 01:36 PM
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08-15-22, 01:41 PM
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There is just so much unnecessary gnashing of teeth, fretting, and all around skittishness sometimes on these boards. With all the worrying, it's a wonder people haven't given up riding bikes altogether for a safer hobby, like Sudoku.
