I know several very successful racers who preferred to have the rear set up with a bar end shifter and the front on the DT. I always assumed this Cam pagnolo set up to be a Cyclocross variant with the same concept in mind. I have one in my box and keep looking for an application to use it.
Tom Dockery
Los Altos, CA, USA
> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:23:35 +0000
> From: billydavid13@comcast.net
> To: rwynw@comcast.net
> CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Left handed downtube shifter
>
> Hi Rob. I've got a couple. I can only guess they were for a Gran Sport fr
on
> t w/ a Cambio Corsa or Roubaix rod activated rear. Also I'v got an old It
al
> ian bike set up for a bar-end shifter for the rear der. that has through
th
> e down tube and r. chainstay internal cable routing. It would also work w
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> that configuration. Billy Ketchum; Chicago, IL; USA.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Williams" <rwynw@comcast.net>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:53:26 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [CR] Left handed downtube shifter
>
> Looking to build up a five speed I purchased, unseen, a single sided
> down tube shifter; Only to find that this Campy shifter is made
> (irreversibly)
> for the left side of the downtube. What would this be for?
> Rob Williams
> Seattle USA