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Old 03-22-20, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by cudak888
Incidentally, how stiff is the thumb shifter? I've tried to avoid them as my previous experience with indexed thumbies hasn't been that great - too stiff and too much throw for my thumb to reach without moving my palm. Are the Sturmey IGH thumbies easier to use?
As far as I can tell these are simply a variant of the Sunrace thumb shifters. The throw on these is somewhere around 150 degrees going from gear 5 to gear 1. I can make some pictures if you like?
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