tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post519540941403046058..comments2024-03-18T10:19:55.782-04:00Comments on The Velo ORANGE Blog: A Few ThingsVelo Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835615331417822722noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-41248659517733788262011-10-15T10:53:05.880-04:002011-10-15T10:53:05.880-04:00My only gripe with the original Silver shifters is...My only gripe with the original Silver shifters is that the shifter lever is a touch too long for my taste. I frequently nudge it accidentally with my thigh - especially at stops, red lights etc.<br />It would be fantastic is this new forging is shorter!webnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-61628919359908103502011-10-12T19:18:41.986-04:002011-10-12T19:18:41.986-04:00Seems like the DiaCompe/Silver shifters are taking...Seems like the DiaCompe/Silver shifters are taking off. VO will have the fancy handle version. Rivendell has just listed a short handle version for thumb shifter use. The long, plain handle original is still with us. Mounts for bar-end, down-tube, and a couple of choices in thumb-shift are available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-50501583437488583032011-10-11T19:42:02.515-04:002011-10-11T19:42:02.515-04:00There are replacements for the washers at the VO s...There are replacements for the washers at the VO store already. Are you saying that there will be new ones that will be an improvement over the ones already for sale? If so, how will I know when the improved ones are available?<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-18684594552043946262011-10-11T17:12:50.744-04:002011-10-11T17:12:50.744-04:00The new washers will be available as a replacement...The new washers will be available as a replacement from VO. The can be installed in older shifters in seconds.VeloOrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814029344407654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-64971747436627351832011-10-11T16:23:22.361-04:002011-10-11T16:23:22.361-04:00If an improved compression wahser for the Silver s...If an improved compression wahser for the Silver shifters is in the works, will it be available as a spare part? I am happy with my Silvers, but already had to replace one set of washers. the replacements are holding up so far, but if there is going to be a more definitive version, I'd like to get them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-5181992602395898562011-10-11T13:35:55.016-04:002011-10-11T13:35:55.016-04:00The shifters are made by Dia Compe using the same ...The shifters are made by Dia Compe using the same internals as the Silver shifters. They have a better compression washer, the Silver's weak point. But I think all Dia Compe-made shifters will get the new washer.<br /><br />At a meeting with the president of Dia Compe two years ago I suggested that they make a more classic style shifter. He told me that he'd been thinking along the same lines, and here we are. I really do like the look of these.VeloOrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814029344407654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-7049462552587746492011-10-11T12:51:56.831-04:002011-10-11T12:51:56.831-04:00Those shifters are very swank. Besides the classi...Those shifters are very swank. Besides the classic lever forging, are they mechanically any different from the 'Silver' shifters we've all seen? The Silvers, and the Suntour Sprints they mimic, are both spectacular. I'd expect these would be equal to those, and can't really think of a way they could be superior, except in appearance.bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17200546574600759584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-62305667206236854252011-10-11T12:04:28.402-04:002011-10-11T12:04:28.402-04:00Chuck Schmidt has made a bunch of custom t-shirts ...Chuck Schmidt has made a bunch of custom t-shirts for me. He is good people. Buy his stuff.Gunnar Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17451985764040900726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-34284833500895077792011-10-11T11:22:37.263-04:002011-10-11T11:22:37.263-04:00Aside from having your brand stamped on them, how ...Aside from having your brand stamped on them, how will your new shifters be superior to the DiaCompe/Silver/Rivendell shifters? Have you, perchance, replicated the Simplex Retrofriction mechanism?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com