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Forum: Touring

02-25-23, 05:33 PM

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Bar end shifters and cassette size

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Posted By Tourist in MSN

Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting.

Forum: Touring

02-25-23, 04:00 PM

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Bar end shifters and cassette size

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Posted By Tourist in MSN

If Simplex made a shifter with a spring to...

If Simplex made a shifter with a spring to counter the spring in the derailleur, that is news to me. But those look like they have something going on inside them. They are big enough to hide the...

Forum: Touring

02-25-23, 12:37 PM

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Bar end shifters and cassette size

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Posted By Tourist in MSN

I first used bar end shifters (Shimano friction)...

I first used bar end shifters (Shimano friction) in the early 1980s, or maybe late 1970s. And I liked them for the same reason that bike touring folk liked them at that time, you had a choice of bar...

Forum: Touring

02-22-23, 03:01 PM

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Bar end shifters and cassette size

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Posted By Tourist in MSN

If you mean the Shimano bar end shifters of the...

If you mean the Shimano bar end shifters of the 1980s, I used some. They had a spring in the shifter to counter the spring in the derailleur, so they had a light touch. But, I had to keep adjusting...

Forum: Touring

02-22-23, 06:17 AM

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Bar end shifters and cassette size

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Posted By Tourist in MSN

Shimano derailleurs, 8 and 9 speed are the same....

Shimano derailleurs, 8 and 9 speed are the same. Only the shifters are different. I do not know about 7 speed but I would be surprised if it was different. (Dura Ace 8 speed might be different.)
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