Quoth David Snyder
>I've often wished that my triple-ringed Trek 710 had an "indexed"
>travel stop on it's front Aero shift lever to keep from
>over-downshifting to the middle ring during competitive riding
>amidst sharp rolling hills. I have repeatedly pondered such a
>device while riding, possibly consisting of a tiny frame-mounted,
>spring-loaded lever leaning against the front of the shift lever,
>and that could be flipped away from the lever when a shift to the
>smal ring was actually needed, which is almost never in that bike's
>routine. Couldn't you imagine a Rene Herse with something like
>that, an elegantly skulpted and chromed spring-loaded dog-leg
>doo-dad?
Been done. See: http://sheldonbrown.com/
Sheldon "About To Sell That Bike" Brown
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| no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven |
| through as you gain by riding a bicycle. |
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