aquateen

I'm building up a touring bike and have had a very frustrating time with my rear shifting. I purchased some lightly used Microshift bar ends on Ebay for a very good price and the rest of the drivechain is brand new. Every review I have seen for these shifters has been positive but I am noticing quite a bit of play between clicks (sort of half indexed/half friction) allowing for many half shifts to occur. I took the bike into my local shop and even they weren't able to get it working.

My wife has a new Surly Cross check with the 10 speed Microshift bar ends and they have a completely different feel. Way more smooth with definite clicks. Could there be a huge difference between these generations or did I just purchase some worn out shifters?

aquateen

anyone have experience working with these? i haven't found anything online about them failing. my next step is to redo the cable routing from the shifters to downtubes to make sure there are no abrupt turns but that still doesn't account for the play in the shifters

HillRider

I also wonder how "lightly used" the shifters you bought were. I've got 10-speed Microshift shift levers on Retroshift "brifters" and they have been perfect for thousands of miles.

aquateen

would you recommend returning them to the seller and purchasing another pair?

HillRider

Yes

Latif

I've got the same problem with my MS 9sp bar ends which came with my Salsa Vaya. It was real bad from the factory and we found the derailleur hanger needed straightening. It helped but I still have issue with play leading to half shifts. It's like there's some built in half friction thing going on leading to sloppy indexing.I may try Shimanos version if I can't get it figured out.

aquateen

asked for a refund and the seller promptly gave it. he admitted that they werent shifting well for him either (thanks guy). i just bought a brand new set so hopefully that will fix the problem. ive heard nothing good about the shimano 9 speed bar ends.