Kelly Take Offs

[lucky...@gmail.com]

For those of you who enjoy Kelly Take Offs, in case you did not know, there are a limited amount of them back in stock on his website. I got some just because I always wanted them and now I need a vintage cross bike, I guess.

Liz in Sacramento

[Julian Westerhout]

Liz, 

I love your N+1 justification -- I've done that more than once -- collect cool bits and then have to find a frame to put them on!   I'm trying to semi-purge my stash of parts, but have also long wanted to try these -- as a very tall guy who rides 65-68 cm frames and who likes friction shifting I'm a devotee of bar-end shifters, but these have always intrigued me. Temptation...  oh well - I'm in for a set!   :)   Thanks for the tip that they're available now.

Kelly's website is   https://www.kellybike.com/ 

Julian Westerhout

Bloomington, IL 

[Patrick Moore]

I used Kelly’s for several years on a commuter with half step gearing where they were particularly good for double shifts. I set mine up so that I could shift from almost all hand positions on a drop bar: flats, ramps, hoods, and hooks. With my cruising cog in the center of the cassette most of my shifting was simply flipping the left lever back and forth. I used a 7 speed cassette and half-stepped the middle 5; the extremes were for downhills and steep uphills respectively. 25” wheel.

25"
	48	45
12	100
13	92	87
15	80	75
17	71	66
20	60	56
24	50	47
32		35

But I never liked them for offroad; I found bar end shifters to give a more secure control of the shifters over rough terrain. I take it others use them successfully on rough surfaces? I’m tempted to try them again.

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