New way to shift?

[choke]

For those of you who aren't seeing it, look at the top of the shift levers. The angled end should be higher next to the downtube and lower on the outside, like these in the pic below (which aren't the exact same shifters but you get the idea).

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by choke

For those of you who aren't seeing it, look at the top of the shift levers. The angled end should be higher next to the downtube and lower on the outside, like these in the pic below (which aren't the exact same shifters but you get the idea).

Oooo, big barrel Campag retrofriction shifters(mounted correctly)...NICE and very rare.

[marinoni62]

OK, i just found another one. (https://nanaimo.craigslist.ca/bik/d/...735068462.html)

Both times on some really nice bikes. Maybe the same mechanic?

[pasadena]

Originally Posted by marinoni62

Both times on some really nice bikes. Maybe the same mechanic?

I know him well.
Mr. Nophucs Togive

[Road Fan]

I'd expect them to shift well as long as the friction works with the washers stacked up, however they are stacked up.

[enr1co]

...and he/she likely has the left lever set up to brake the rear and right lever, front- what a wacko!

[bobswire]

Aero!

[dddd]

There is a good functional and safety-related reason for mounting the levers "topside".
Many times I have had a gloved finger nearly get pulled under the fork crown while shifting, and on some bikes the proximity is simply dangerous.

I once witnessed a following rider crash, a crash for which no explanation could be found. But there was a clue, in that after the crash (on a perfectly flat and smooth portion of the bike trail), the rider's Colnago was found to have the front fork bent rearward to the point of the tire hitting the downtube. The rider remembered nothing and was hauled away by emergency responders (after appearing severely traumatized in the first minutes after the crash).

There simply was no other explanation for what happened, since the rider didn't touch my wheel, and because there was nothing on that broad portion of the paved trail for the rider to hit. A following group of riders who fortunately were some distance behind us said that they saw the rider suddenly go over the bars.

One particular bike that I sold (with a warning to the buyer) was a late-80's Specialized Allez, and on that bike I nearly got my finger pulled under the crown on about three of the six rides that I ever rode it. It hopefully got fitted with some other type of shifters!

Not something that you'd want to happen I can tell you!

[oldpotatoe]

Many times I have had a gloved finger nearly get pulled under the fork crown while shifting, and on some bikes the proximity is simply dangerous.

Really? been to a lot of rodeos and have been using downtube shifters, in all kinds of weather with all kinds of gloves and I've never had my hand/fingers come anywhere near the tire/fork crown...

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by marinoni62

OK, i just found another one. (https://nanaimo.craigslist.ca/bik/d/...735068462.html)

Both times on some really nice bikes. Maybe the same mechanic?

If he can't mount the shifters correctly, there is NO hope he set up the delta brakes correctly. And that is why they have their reputation.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

If he can't mount the shifters correctly, there is NO hope he set up the delta brakes correctly. And that is why they have their reputation.

I hear ya brother..if set up right, deltas work just fine.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Really? been to a lot of rodeos and have been using downtube shifters, in all kinds of weather with all kinds of gloves and I've never had my hand/fingers come anywhere near the tire/fork crown...

I've used, and ridden with riders who've used, downtube shifters for decades, and I also have never heard of this problem. And I don't see how mounting the shifters "inside out" does anything to move the hands/fingers further from the tire/fork crown.