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From: pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>
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Subject: Re: Helping a tourist with STI problems
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 17:07:41 -0000 (UTC)
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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