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I saw plenty of them working on olde bikes, They were the key component of the brief aero craze in the early '80s where they were sure that round downtubes and those shifter paddles sticking out in the wind were really slowing us down. I guess not every bike company wanted to squish their downtubes, so the clamp models were also available for those downmarket round tube fools 
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10-07-20, 01:06 PM
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10-07-20, 01:06 PM
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I saw plenty of them working on olde bikes, They were the key component of the brief aero craze in the early '80s where they were sure that round downtubes and those shifter paddles sticking out in the wind were really slowing us down. I guess not every bike company wanted to squish their downtubes, so the clamp models were also available for those downmarket round tube fools
10-07-20, 01:14 PM
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Ah, I see. I completely missed that aero craze and that kind of lever attachment. I just remember the standard, 9 and 3 o'clock, clamp-on shifters. I think I had them on every frame up until my first new one from Peter Mooney in 1983. I think the Coppi that preceded it had a little brazed-on stop to keep the clamp from slipping and taking off even more paint.
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10-07-20, 01:42 PM
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Shifter cable is replaced. Since they break so often, at least I have become fairly adept at replacing them. It's easy on the Habanero because external cables.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
10-07-20, 01:48 PM
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I have an 84 Letour Luxe. And have a small collection of extra symmetric shifters, cause I like them so much. Some of them are clamp on. The other oddity with the Letour Luxe is the .08xx stem.
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I saw plenty of them working on olde bikes, They were the key component of the brief aero craze in the early '80s where they were sure that round downtubes and those shifter paddles sticking out in the wind were really slowing us down. I guess not every bike company wanted to squish their downtubes, so the clamp models were also available for those downmarket round tube fools
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10-07-20, 01:58 PM
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We escaped with little wind and an ungodly amount of rain. 10 inches and counting since Friday. And we're being told to expect rain through Friday morning. We currently live inside of a moat
10-07-20, 01:58 PM
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I rode the Scapin like this for a bit.
This is where I wound up on the Scapin.
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10-07-20, 02:10 PM
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10-07-20, 02:25 PM
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So far it doesn't seem as though I hurt myself by riding today. I hope to do a climbing ride this weekend but if the hip still hurts I'll skip it.
10-07-20, 02:31 PM
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A friend of mine had a San Rensho Super Record Export Aero or some such with the aero shifters. Totally sweet bike.
Here is a link to one sold here on BF last year. https://www.bikeforums.net/21157478-post1.html
Here is a link to one sold here on BF last year. https://www.bikeforums.net/21157478-post1.html
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Shifter cable is replaced. Since they break so often, at least I have become fairly adept at replacing them. It's easy on the Habanero because external cables.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
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10-07-20, 02:41 PM
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It’s super windy in Watertown, New York today but not as windy as Mexico. Thank you for reading my weather update.
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Shifter cable is replaced. Since they break so often, at least I have become fairly adept at replacing them. It's easy on the Habanero because external cables.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
I checked and this cable was put in in March, so I did get approx 3500 miles from it. That's slightly better than usual but still ridiculous IMO. While the bike was up in the stand I checked chain wear (I put on new chain at the same time I re-did the cables) and the chain is worn ("stretched") 0.33% which is not worth switching yet, but getting close, I typically change the chain at somewhere between 0.5% and 0.75%. I know some advise wait until 1% but that seems too worn IMO.
Thats something else I will have to replace soon. Can I use my Jag wire jacket and just replace the cable?
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He has shifters that are particularly rough on cables - he's got the first generation that were routed under the bar tape and the design seemed to have some (literal) kinks.
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10-07-20, 02:55 PM
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10-07-20, 03:00 PM
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Yes, but you do have to replace the housing every so often because it gradually loses its non-compressibility and shifting gets non-crisp. You can do your bar tape at the same time. I replace cables once a year-ish, or whenever they start to break, and housing about every other time.
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10-07-20, 03:14 PM
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