…..ok, I need to get out more but hopefully some of you will find this interesting. :?
I downloaded the Suntour Dealer Catalogue (1987) months ago to use as a check sheet for my Cannondale build but it wasn’t until recently that I finally noticed some interesting possibilities…
I’m pretty sure they never went into production as 1987 was a big year for Accushift but has anyone ever seen a CL-XC00 combination brake/shifter? Going by the dealer catalogue it’s a CB-6200 brake lever fitted with a “power control” thumbshifter of some sort. The shifter in the drawing looks closer to a LD-4700 than a LD-3600 and in the photo of the ‘87 XC900 line-up it looks like LD-4700 but the cable stop isn’t the same as the bar mounted shifter. I really like the idea of seeing if I could make a CL-XC00 as it was my intention to use LD-3600’s for the Cannondale in the first place plus the uncluttered look on the bar is a real bonus.
I’ve mocked some up using blue tack; what do you think?
I downloaded the Suntour Dealer Catalogue (1987) months ago to use as a check sheet for my Cannondale build but it wasn’t until recently that I finally noticed some interesting possibilities…
I’m pretty sure they never went into production as 1987 was a big year for Accushift but has anyone ever seen a CL-XC00 combination brake/shifter? Going by the dealer catalogue it’s a CB-6200 brake lever fitted with a “power control” thumbshifter of some sort. The shifter in the drawing looks closer to a LD-4700 than a LD-3600 and in the photo of the ‘87 XC900 line-up it looks like LD-4700 but the cable stop isn’t the same as the bar mounted shifter. I really like the idea of seeing if I could make a CL-XC00 as it was my intention to use LD-3600’s for the Cannondale in the first place plus the uncluttered look on the bar is a real bonus.
I’ve mocked some up using blue tack; what do you think?