Causing an unwanted shift on bar-cons is more complex than doing it with D/T shifters. For bar cons you must be on the proper side of the bike, whereas the D/T are accessible from both sides.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
> No trick worse that shoving a pump in someones front wheel.
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Used to live in Bloomington, IN
> but now live in SB, CA
>
> On Friday, Aug 02, 2002, at 09:34AM, Mark <rena.cutrufelli@comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> >What other dirty tricks did the Cinzano team use?
> >
> >Mark Cutrufelli ignorant in
> >Laurel,MD
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> >[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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