Devin Flynn
That is not correct. If you are talking about Kelly
Take-Offs, you can shift from the hoods, from the
drops or from back on the bar near inline brakes
levers (should you be running those). I have had them
for 2 years and love them. Pure genius. Currently I
have a right set up on a 1x9 for cyclocross. It
allows me to shifter better in really crappy
conditions than the current brake/shifter combos and I
don't have to worry about it braking. Those bar end
shifters a cheap.
I feel that they are much better than Paul Thumbies
for drop bar bikes.
--- Don Whitehead wrote:
> It seems like if you mount them the proper way, you
> are forced to shift from
> the brake hoods, which is not very conducive to drop
> bars on mt bikes, or at
> least flared drop bars like WTB used to make.
>
> I've tried them mounted upside down (shifter points
> downward) and it wasn't
> that great of an experience.
>
> Another slightly rare alternative are Suntour
> Command shifters, which are
> somewhat useable from above and below the brake
> lever, but you get into the
> issues of Suntour freewheel/cassette spacing vs
> Shimano.
>
> What I would like would be to get some of the old
> WTB shifter mounts, which
> work really well, but I haven't seen any for a long
> time.
>
> Don
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 3:28 PM, Brian Johnson
> wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Anyone here use Kelly Take-Offs for their
> shifting?
> >
> > If you don't know what I'm talking about:
> > http://www.kellybike.com/2nd_xtra_takeoff.html
> >
> > Intriguing concept. I'm interested in moving the
> bar-end shifters on my
> > MTB (I have a drop bar on my mountain bike). I've
> looked at Paul's
> > "Thumbies" but those don't really do it for me.
> >
> > Thanks for reading!
> > Brian
> >
> > --
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> >
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> > -- The Tick
> >
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Devin Flynn
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