Uncle Phil said:
Arch, what about down tube gear levers? Or levers mounted on the stem?
I've got a set of 8-speed down tube levers in The Box. We gave a bike to BikeRescue that had double stem levers. They were friction ones, but the stem-mount could be used as a mount for the 8-speed indexed ones....
Ah, you read my mind. The Gal had downtube shifters to start with and I still have them. It occurred to me today that I can refit them just to get the bike running, then see how the bars work and not buy thumbshifters specially if the bars are not going to suit me. Once I'm sure about the bars, I will install the downtube cable endstops Landslide so kindly sent me, and hook up to whichever type of shifter suits the eventual bars.
It will also work because the gear cable oilers are out of stock at the moment, so I can fit the brake ones, leave the gears plain and get the oilers when they are in stock and retrofit them later.
Dammit, I could be one monumental fettling away from having this bike on the road. Although the bits are at the office, and I'm not in until Thursday and away over the weekend, and then working full time next week (that'll be a shock to the system!), so I'm not sure it'll be in time for the CC ride on the 25th. Anyway, would I want to take a newly built up bike on a 50 mile ride with a load of experts, in case it falls apart under me....
Oh, I must get some replacement skewers eventually, the old anodised blue ones were ok with the blue/silver look, but clash a bit with the red....
Wow, just thinking all that has worn me out. Tea anyone?
