I gave
these wonderful testers just one week to install their shift lever, try it out, and report their findings because I needed to send all the changes in for
our soon-to-expire patent pending as well as the design of Mold #2. Since Mold #1 has several flaws in
its design, I can’t cast any production shifters until I have Mold #2.
Overall,
every test result was positive and each of the testers continues to ride with
theirs installed. Some found important needed changes to the base that had been
mistakenly increased in size somewhere in the design process. Others suggested
potential ways of reducing the aluminum used, but for later versions after this
design has been put to the test in the rugged situations it is designed for.
Don
installed his on his lovely steel Bianchi:
And
Russ took this close up showing some of the character in the shifter he
received:
Russ
reported that his Bike Shift Lever continues to perform better than the shifter
it replaced.
They’re
out in the world, shifting away! More to come, especially with the expected
arrival of Mold #2 next week!
Sue