downtube shifters on racebar?

There are shifterpods wich make it possible to mount downtube and barend
shifters on flat mtb bars.
But the diameter of these pods are to small to fit them on roadbars (?).
Would it be possible to use clampon downtube shifters on a roadbar next
to the stem?

gvw wrote:
There are shifterpods wich make it possible to mount downtube and barend
shifters on flat mtb bars.
But the diameter of these pods are to small to fit them on roadbars (?).
Would it be possible to use clampon downtube shifters on a roadbar next
to the stem?

You might try to find a set of stem shifters from the 1970's and adapt
the downtube shifters to them, these things were often found on bikes
when "Suicide" extension brake levers were in common use. They mounted
on the vertical portion of a quill stem.

The Kelly Take Off might be a better approach.
http://www.kellybike.com/2nd_xtra_takeoff.html

Marcus

gvw wrote:

There are shifterpods wich make it possible to mount downtube and barend
shifters on flat mtb bars.
But the diameter of these pods are to small to fit them on roadbars (?).
Would it be possible to use clampon downtube shifters on a roadbar next
to the stem?

"Kelly Take Offs" are a clamp system available from
Rivendell to do just that.

Or, if you are a cheapskate, just use normal $10 top
shifters with steel clamps and a longer mounting screw.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

gvw wrote in message news:WLlBb.26604$H84.934562@zonnet-reader-1...
There are shifterpods wich make it possible to mount downtube and barend
shifters on flat mtb bars.
But the diameter of these pods are to small to fit them on roadbars (?).
Would it be possible to use clampon downtube shifters on a roadbar next
to the stem?

No, you can't do that. The clamp for the shifters is much larger than
most handlebars, and downtube shifters don't have a stop for cable
housing.

Kelly Take-Offs are about your only alternative.

Jeff

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gvw wrote in message news:WLlBb.26604$H84.934562@zonnet-reader-1...
There are shifterpods wich make it possible to mount downtube and barend
shifters on flat mtb bars.
But the diameter of these pods are to small to fit them on roadbars (?).
Would it be possible to use clampon downtube shifters on a roadbar next
to the stem?

No, you can't do that. The clamp for the shifters is much larger than
most handlebars, and downtube shifters don't have a stop for cable
housing.

Kelly Take-Offs are about your only alternative.

Jeff

I take that back. Old-style mtb thumbshifters might fit the top
portion of your handlebar. The trick would be to find thumbshifters
with steel (not aluminum) clamps and use a longer screw on the clamp.
AFAIK, the only thumbshifters available are 7-speed.

Thanks to Andy Muzi for prodding my brain (see "Thumb shifters on road
bike" thread).

Jeff