just about any dangler that will kick it with the largest cog you’ve got on there will move far enough inboard if you pad the diameter of the shifter. summoning @crowding? pretty sure it was that or @drwelby what has a part number for the sauce used to pad the chifter
What are the classic round 26.0 drop bars?
In aluminum, carbon, or steel?
Aluminum
The Cinelli Giro D’Italia (146mm drop), maybe the Cinelli Criterium (160, but in pictures the tops look maybe a bit too trackish), Nitto’s got their Noodle if you can overlook the seasick wiggle on the tops, Deda’s “Speciale 26” has a little bit less drop, and if you want I can ride up with my strategic reserve of random aluminum bars for you to pick through and get out of my bike mess.
I was going to say noodle. @Orc I was going to get the cinelly groove stem but then a $25 1" Ritchey showed up. No idea what size clamp it is but probably 26…
3T Competizione in either Gimondi or Merckx bend.
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Wasn’t me. I remember it but the tarckives aren’t turning anything up. Was it brass tubing rolled into a circle and then filed open?
I suppose you could pad up the cable with some heatshrink tubing too.
it was some manner of gardening plastic putty type junk
ah, putty is the magic word
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And for what it’s worth I managed to shift 9 speeds on a Sram 1:1 dangler with an old suntour 7-speed friction shifter, though it took 180° to pull enough cable to get up to the biggest ring. So if you DGAF about pretty, there’s a lot of options for the lever end of the transmission.
Deda Deep if you want drop. I’ve also got a pair of Fizik classic bend bars that are great, but I can’t remember the model. Ritchey Neo Classics look promising, but I haven’t futzed with them yet. Probably should grab a pair for my NFE
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Does the Deda come in a 26 clamp? All I see on the net of a billion lies is the 31.7 version.
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it was called the Deda 215 before
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Aha. And misleadingly called an anatomic bar to coax in those misguided souls who say they prefer ergo bars.
I’m seeing that there was a 215 in both deep and derp bends.
i meant hardening not gardening but fuck yeah shapelock!!!
I would try a 10 speed derailleur first. 11 speed derailleur takes 180 degrees to sweep across 8-9-10 cassettes with a simplex retrofriction. You might have to go past 180 to get to your pie plate with 11 cogs and an 11 speed derailleur. 10 speed derailleurs move less and so stand a better chance of making it all the way within an acceptable lever sweep. Or maybe everything works fine. Friction is pretty robust.
What are the good nitto cruiser bars? Albatross? Albastache?
I like albatrosses alright, but they feel pretty narrow in 2019
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