New thumb friction shifter Sturmey Archer 9 speed?????
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lrh
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That Surly has a Microshift which aren't cheap, £43 all the way from Australia: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microshift-thumb-shifter-/190737482868
Sunrace 7 speeders for £14 probably work OK but they look nasty! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-SUNRACE-7-14-21-SPD-THUMBSHIFT-SHIFTERS-LEVERS-/400352748270
I'm very lucky to have bought these 8 speed DNPs many years ago for ~£10. Totally brilliant and totally unobtainable now. Bizarrely the left hand is index-only and doesn't work well so I need to convert it to friction at some point. Right hand is spot-on though being designed purely for a Shimano 8 speed cassette.
Sunrace 7 speeders for £14 probably work OK but they look nasty! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-SUNRACE-7-14-21-SPD-THUMBSHIFT-SHIFTERS-LEVERS-/400352748270
I'm very lucky to have bought these 8 speed DNPs many years ago for ~£10. Totally brilliant and totally unobtainable now. Bizarrely the left hand is index-only and doesn't work well so I need to convert it to friction at some point. Right hand is spot-on though being designed purely for a Shimano 8 speed cassette.
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I have been following this thread avidly for some time and these are the conclusions I have come to...
I have been looking for all-silver thumb shifters. After checking out Paul's (stupid price and cheap looking) and Sturmey (black), I found one manufactured by Velo Orange:
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/ ... -23-8.html
They are out of stock but I was in touch with Scott there and he says they will be back in in January. At $50 a set they are significantly cheaper than Paul's and they come with all the gubbins to retro fit down tube shifters.
Next, I purchased a set of campag record shifters from ebay for £18 and I must say they are very nice...
I plan on running a 2 x 10 set up so I'll post more as I go...
Donnie
I have been looking for all-silver thumb shifters. After checking out Paul's (stupid price and cheap looking) and Sturmey (black), I found one manufactured by Velo Orange:
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/ ... -23-8.html
They are out of stock but I was in touch with Scott there and he says they will be back in in January. At $50 a set they are significantly cheaper than Paul's and they come with all the gubbins to retro fit down tube shifters.
Next, I purchased a set of campag record shifters from ebay for £18 and I must say they are very nice...
I plan on running a 2 x 10 set up so I'll post more as I go...
Donnie
sylus
Old School Grand Master
Not cheap granted but very little in our hobby is..in the u.k. though
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/page/find/?n ... ter&page=1
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/page/find/?n ... ter&page=1
We_are_Stevo
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sylus":39clyvia said:
These are very nice...
...I just make sure that the builds of mine that have them coincide with my Birthday or Christmas!
Aspire Velotech sell Pauls mounts individually.
http://www.aspirevelotech.com/Merchant2 ... L_THUMBIES
$37 which is £22.88.
http://www.aspirevelotech.com/Merchant2 ... L_THUMBIES
$37 which is £22.88.
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Feedback on IRDs coming soon...
lrh
Senior Retro Guru
From what I've read all of these (Sturmey, Sunrace, Microshift, IRD) are made by Sunrace and probably identical internally. You're paying for the materials/finish and mount. IRD have a positive magazine review on their site: http://www.interlocracing.com/shifter_review_DR152.jpg
I'm keen to see more down-tube shifters fitted as there's a whole world of possibilities yet to be explored... http://www.bikeboosting.nl/index.php?sdv10
I'm keen to see more down-tube shifters fitted as there's a whole world of possibilities yet to be explored... http://www.bikeboosting.nl/index.php?sdv10
