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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 17:07:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: <100qa0t$66fd$2@dont-email.me> References: <100lplo$3390m$1@dont-email.me> <100o3b3$3le3e$1@dont-email.me> <100on6k$3t1as$2@dont-email.me> <100pqtl$36mr$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 19:07:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="93981479a1a88994836430fec15e618d"; logging-data="203245"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19gc2d7mYZZ2EkucGy7QL661pQrtcRePG4=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jDuAMi7FQmg3k7CYFP/+RoAgwz8= Bytes: 2255 On 2025-05-23, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: > On 5/22/2025 9:40 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: >> On 5/22/2025 5:01 PM, pH wrote: >>> On 2025-05-22, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> <snip good deed adventure> >>>> >>>> To me, it's justification for my preference for bar end >>>> shifters for >>>> touring. I prefer simple devices with only visible problems. >>> >>> Well, it just so happens that bar end shifters are God's >>> favourite. >>> >>> If they're good enough for Him they're good enough for >>> me. I have one >>> SunTour and one Rivendell on my road bike at the moment. >>> >>> Friction shifting,, by the way...no indexing. >> >> Agreed! >> >> Well, one bike has them indexing; but I sometimes set it to >> friction mode when the indexing gets unreliable. >> >> > > I have one index bike, a Raleigh Sports 3 speed. No friction > mode; shifts perfectly for the last 54 years. > Oooo! Is it the venerable 'AW' or one of the more rarer breeds? Isn't there one that has an extra low low speed (can't really say "gear")? I remember Jobst commenting that he kept an AW 3 speed body for his kids to dis-assemble and assemble as a puzzle.... pH