Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I think that making up something like the Kelly Takeoffs are in my future. If you are looking for near-brake shifters, I don't know if you are aware of Gevenalle levers/shifters. These seem like a nice idea - I was going to go this route until I decided that Crazy was a better route for me.
Another option similar to what we have been talking about are the Dia compe ENE wing shifters:
which are very expensive.
Originally Posted by
Prowler
Yup sort of like that. Mine route the cables forward which then sweep back to the head tube. Sort of like the classic cable routing for bar end shifters. Reminds me of an old Ducati dustbin fairing. My levers are outboard of the drops, just where my fingers are. Experiment a bit to see what might feel comfortable.
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This is the bike and the setup that I used for my only gravel imperial century back a couple of years ago. 50.5 miles north on the D&L trail then turn right around (on single track in the woods) and ride back to the car. These worked a peach the whole way.
That looks good...having them on the outside with the clean cable routing makes sense. The cables were a bit of an issue in my hasty routing - as they are oriented the cable loops back toward me, then flips around back to the bosses. When standing, the cable was hitting my thighs, and it's a long trip to the derailleur. That was the biggest problem, otherwise it worked pretty well, although I wasn't able to freely dangle my thumb with the shifter in there.
I might try flipping them to the outside, but feel like that isn't going to be too great for the long throw friction, although it might work well with indexed.
In the long run, I think I'm going to get make up a down-tube lever mount and play around with the orientation and position. Somewhere there is going to be the perfect balance of out-of-the-way and easily accessible.