Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
That's wonderful! I'm totally going to steal that idea!
Those shifters are really among the best ratcheting shifters ever- I've tried mounting those shifters to Shimano bar end pods and didn't get enough range out of them.
One of these days I'm going to have to set up my bikes for "upright" riding- (more upright than I already do ride)
It's my favorite shifting set up among my current 4 bikes.
I like that they were original to the Passage and of course just shift so smoothly.
As I approach or perhaps I'm already there at old dude status, I find the upright position to be more comfortable for me.
With both this Passage and a Miyata 610 I have I first rode 3 miles or so with the original bars and low stem and found it so uncomfortable I wanted to quit after a few miles. Now with similar cockpits on both bikes I'm ok for up to 40 miles.
That's a cheap fanny pack type bag I found at
Amazon I think. Not optimum and will probably go.
