Originally Posted by jamesdak

Well for one, Pete's still around and working on stuff. He may have what you need. He's helped ID parts for me, the proper parts at that after getting bad advice from a lot of others on the various forums. I know he still offers to rebuild ergo shifters but can't speak to yours. Like I said I haven't run into any problems yet myself. Maybe I'm lucky?

One surprising source for me has been Bikewagon. I email them about the part number I need and they've been able to come through. This despite no indication on there webpage about having the part.

As to wearing out springs in just 25,000 miles maybe you should try my solution. I ride around 30 different bikes, makes 'em last longer, LOL!