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04-12-24, 04:43 PM

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79pmooney

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Originally Posted by squirtdad

correct, there was no need for brazeon bosses, banded shifter bosses for the win

But ... you can do those banded shifter bosses with no danger of corrosion so why weld?

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Originally Posted by Maelochs

This will, I hope, finally convince all those downtube shifter retrogrouches how wrong they are ....

(Why is there no "Stir the pot" emoji?)

Having said that, I have a "braze-on" for my top mounted DT Superbe shifter on my Ti Cycles. I'd have to ask but I don't think it is built with butted tubes and it is very stiff so I'm hoping to stay DT crack free. That is a single weld on top so that should change the likelihood of cracking but I don't know in which direction. (Bike's only got 18k miles so I probably have another 40k to sweat this! Favorite ti bike gets most of the ride time and has no DT "braze-ons" at all.)

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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

I’d talk to Bilenky Cycle Works. Bilenky.com. Looks like it should be $750 or so.

they did a great job retrofitting S&S couplers on my Merlin Extralight.

I think this Extralight is just crying out for one of those couplers! Saw the DT at the crack. Clean up. Install coupler. Done! "Oh! You want to take the bike 'apart'?" That takes two and costs extra."

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