Have you ever crashed because of DT shifters?
09-04-11 | 06:47 PM
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No, I have never crashed because of downtube shifters.
I think a better question would be, "have you ever decided not to bother shifting, because of downtube shifters?" My point being that the faster you can shift, the more likely you are to do so, and to do so successfully. I certainly can shift downtube shifters successfully. But it is more work than shifting on the handlebar, it takes more concentration, it takes more time, and in that time something may go wrong. I have never allowed that to happen. But there were times when not allowing this to happen meant not shifting, when otherwise I would have.
I think a better question would be, "have you ever decided not to bother shifting, because of downtube shifters?" My point being that the faster you can shift, the more likely you are to do so, and to do so successfully. I certainly can shift downtube shifters successfully. But it is more work than shifting on the handlebar, it takes more concentration, it takes more time, and in that time something may go wrong. I have never allowed that to happen. But there were times when not allowing this to happen meant not shifting, when otherwise I would have.
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Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
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“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author
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09-04-11 | 07:34 PM
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The serious crash that wrecked my Peugeot PX-10 was caused by my not looking where I was going, not down-tube shifters.
Tom in Delaware
Tom in Delaware
09-04-11 | 08:40 PM
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