Re: [CR]Bar end shifters

> What other dirty tricks did the Cinzano team use?
>
> Mark Cutrufelli ignorant in
> Laurel,MD
>
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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Leonard Bulger
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 12:38 PM
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Bar end shifters
>
>
> About twenty years ago a Dutch racer told me that the problem with bar end
> shifters was that it was easy for another rider to reach over and whack your
> lever and send you onto the small ring as he was passing. Shades of the
> Cinzano racing team.
>
> Perhaps in old racing bikes bar ends made more sense with half-step gearing.
> The levers are conveniently located, so the double shifts aren't a nuisance.
> With crossover gearing, the jumps between freewheel cogs are smaller and the
> greater precision of a down tube lever might be more important than the
> convenience of the lever location.
>
> Leonard Bulger
> Ann Arbor, MI
>
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