Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
By "top mount" do you mean on top of the handlebars?
Both Paul and IRD make mounts to put the shifters on the bars. IRD also makes a stem shifter mount. The advantage is you can use whatever shifter you choose-
That's just the best of two worlds right there. Silk plus convenience.
Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
IMO- the Simplex Retrofriction shifter is the best- buttery smooth, non-ratcheted, smooth clutched action. Suntour's later ratcheting "Sprint" shifters that came out in like 85 or so- it's a smoother action with much more fine ratcheting (more clicks, but less intense) that have the effect of feeling smoother. There's also the Sachs/Huret ratcheting shifters- those are fantastic- kind of like the Power Shifters, but with a more pillow-y clutch.
I almost feel dirty.