Sachs Wavey

[IDB1]

Considering having a try of these, read a few good reviews so as long as they don't require a great investment

Will want them to run a Sachs Plasma rear mech

Can anyone tell from the pic whether these are the real thing??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SACHS-WAVEY-7-SPE ... _500wt_846

 

[drystonepaul]

Difficult to be sure from that awful picture but they look like they could well be Waveys.
Good shifters if they are.

 

[fingers]

They look right...

Didnt they make a higher end grip-type shifter with linear ridges on the grips and a small greenish window for the gear indicator? Also good IIRC...

 

[Sithlord]

Yea they are a wavy shifter fella.. , wavy are quite nice and positive.. good shifters.. got some 8 speed ones and they are brill..

Fingers wrote :

They look right...

Didnt they make a higher end grip-type shifter with linear ridges on the grips and a small greenish window for the gear indicator? Also good IIRC...

Maybe quartz your thinking of.. a great shifter..

 

[FST4RD]

I used to have Wavey shifters back in the day, loved them!
IIRC the cannondale team ran them back in the day?

 

[IDB1]

Cheers chaps.. seem well worth a try then..

Thought that £9 (delivered) seemed a bargain for the r/h shifter but sifting through the classifieds on here, perhaps not..

And they come in more options than just black too??

Could be worth holding out for some more attractive ones - not in a rush, time is on my side

 

[Nick C]

All Terrain Cycles is a well known and reputable shop, just in case you want a little additional info.

I'm trying to remember the name of the well known MTB trials rider who used to work there. He went on to ride with Martin & Martyn for awhile.

 

[perry]

They are , they however are not as everyone proclaims , a good shifter :roll: I would rather come to a complete stop , get off and move the chain with my fingers than go near those shifters again .

 

[IDB1]

So why do we have a few positive great shifter reports and just the one they're rubbish ? ?

Not saying you're wrong perry, or that I disagree with you (which would be foolhardy since I've never used that type of shifter), just wondering why your experience is so different to others. . .

 

[legrandefromage]

Perrys in a huff again.

anyway, they are actually quite good with the left, if you can find the right one, having lots of clicks. Heres mine:

I had some red ones too.