Small hands and STI Levers

[ginny]

I have campy on my bianchi and I find the reach just perfect (both drops and hoods), of course, I don't have much experience with Shimano, so I'm not sure how useful my comment is...

[Flur]

I'm loving my campy too. The thumb lever is really easy to get to - I've not ridden with Shimano, but it SEEMS to me that pushing the Campy thumb lever is a lot easier than pulling in the inset lever on the Shimano. I also like the slimness of the hoods - they feel like the hoods on my old bike that had the shifters on the downlube. I don't really have small hands though...

[redrhodie]

The fancy glue my friend used was basically a different brand of crazy glue .
She spent 8 years studying in Germany for that?! Well, it worked, so I guess it was time well spent.

[Skierchickie]

That is good to know! Crazy Glue I can find. So the trick is in blowing on it at just the right temp? Maybe a hairdryer on low?

Now I just need to find out if the whole clearance thing/brake tweaking will work out. Thanks everyone!

Oh, and I'd love to try Campy someday, but it just isn't in the budget. There is always that lottery..... It is good to know there are better-fitting options out there.

[redrhodie]

That is good to know! Crazy Glue I can find. So the trick is in blowing on it at just the right temp? Maybe a hairdryer on low?

Yeah, she says it's the same glue as Crazy glue (cyanocrylat). She got hers in a model train store, but all super glues are basically the same. A hairdryer might be too hot. She just did it with her breath (just a couple of puffs, she wasn't there for like an hour or anything!), and it worked great. We let it dry overnight.

[Skierchickie]

I'm glad it only takes a couple of puffs - I get dizzy blowing up an air mattress.

[NbyNW]

All this talk about shims is fascinating -- the brake reach really is the one thing I would have changed on my long-lost little red bike.

Can you all post pictures of your shim setups? It would be very educational.