[jeff]

Holding your own in this testosterone laden soup called the VRC forum gives you double cool points. I'll be out visiting family in August and take you up on that beer. Beer and bikes.:thumbsup:

 

[tductape]

There was a set of WTB's on the bay a couple of weeks ago with a $275 BIN. They did not sell.

 

[halaburt]

2. Kelly Takeoff with road shifters. Not too expensive and fairly easy to source, but I've heard mixed reviews relating to positioning and I couldn't find anyone that had used them on dirt drop bars.

I've run the Kelly's on my Phoenix since new in '98 and I'd say I'm generally happy. My setup is with 8sp Shimano downtube shifters.

Positives:
- Works with any recent generation of Shimano downtube OR BARCON shifters -- 8, 9 or 10sp. If I was to re-do this, I'd probalby try try the Barcons as their larger size and rubber hoods might be more finger-friendly.
- MUCH more inexpensive/available than the various WTB and DKG variants.

Negatives:
- Mounting position of the shifter onto the mount doesn't have the adjustability of the WTB/DKG options.
- Shifter is a little further from the bar than WTB/DKG and probably lends itself more to someone with large hands and/or long fingers.
- Not really "vintage correct" on anything older than '97 or so.

 

[singletracktourist]

I have a Suntour set.

pics please.

 

[Machianera]

I like barcons best but depends on the bars you use.
If they are very flared like the old wtb, the wtb mounts or kelly may be better.
If the bars have less flare and shorter ends then I would use barcons.

I like the old metal suntour w ratcheting, they work very well. Dont like shimano, silver etc.. bc theway they look
The old campagnolo bar ends shift the best and are more precise.

But none of the above are index!

 

[yo-Nate-y]

Suntour are indexing.

 

[muddybuddy]

The bars I'm using are the WTB/Specialized RM2. I don't have a lot of experience for comparison, but they seem to have quite a bit of flair.

Shifters will be indexed, regardless of location.

 

[girlonbike]

should have sold a child and bought those shifter mounts 2 nights ago! Barcons do great until you luck into a dkg/wtb set. truusttt meeeee

 

[tductape]

Muddy,
What are you putting together?

 

[muddybuddy]

should have sold a child and bought those shifter mounts 2 nights ago! Barcons do great until you luck into a dkg/wtb set. truusttt meeeee

Was watching those. Like everyone else here was I'm sure. But the cheap bastard in me wouldn't let me pay for them. Plus there's the Suntour aspect complicating things.

 

[muddybuddy]

Muddy,
What are you putting together?

Converting the Gecko. Had been thinking about it for a while, just finally got around to getting the parts together.

 

[Shayne]

Command Shifters

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3. Suntour command shifters. Harder to find and a little more spendy. How well do they work with dirt drops?

My local shop has probably 5 sets of these if you want to go that route.
They're interesting. I never really liked them on drops but they're fun on the end of bullhorn bars or TT aero bars.

 

[Guitar Ted]

Came across this yesterday. Clockwork Bikes is making "LD" style stems. I guess they are going for about $250.00 each, and there are options for face plate or not. See a Flickr pic of one here:

Looks perfect for a retro-fit.

 

[girlonbike]

Hey GT,

we've talked about it a couple times in here. Tried to get him to do a 1" headtube one but no luck, I believe. The thread was locked.

 

[muddybuddy]

I also inquired about him doing a 1" girth LD and he suggested using a shim.

 

[jeff]

He's listening though. I'm sure if he received enough commitments he would make a run.

 

[Guitar Ted]

Hey GT,

we've talked about it a couple times in here. Tried to get him to do a 1" headtube one but no luck, I believe. The thread was locked.

Sorry. Didn't realize that.

I don't see a problem using a shim, but I understand not everyone will see that as being "proper". That's cool.

 

[girlonbike]

Sorry. Didn't realize that.

I don't see a problem using a shim, but I understand not everyone will see that as being "proper". That's cool.

Actually, I don't mind the shim at all. My 1" uses a shim. I don't really like the bolt on top and also the reach is a little long for me.

Thanks for the heads up though. I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't a good lead on an altogether too rare part.

Edit: he said he could make it without the hole in the framebuilding LD stem thread. That's great!

 

[Stylus]

while on the subject, does anyone know a quill stem for a 1 1/8 steerer with 26mm bar clamp? Looking at the Nitto dirt drops but not shure if the quill diameter works, any other options?

 

[CS2]

while on the subject, does anyone know a quill stem for a 1 1/8 steerer with 26mm bar clamp? Looking at the Nitto dirt drops but not shure if the quill diameter works, any other options?

I've never seen Dirt Drop stems in anything but 1"