8 speed down tube shifters

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KneesUp

Guru
I've been cobbling together a bike over the last few months, and it's now almost complete.

It needs some way to change gear though. It's 8 speed, so if anyone has an old 8 speed road mech in their bits box, I'd be interested. I've managed to get hold of a 105 front and Ultegra brakes, so something 105/600 level would be nice, but tell me what you have before I build it with the Suntour XCE long cage mech I found in my parts box!

I also need some levers. As it's a no nonsense budget build I'm going for downtube shifters, so again, if anyone has any nice levers doing nothing, I'd be interested in those too :smile: The only ones I have are non indexed, and besides thy rightly belong on another bike I'm supposed to be fixing up :smile:

Thanks.
 
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KneesUp

KneesUp

Guru
I have a dérailleur now. I have Simplex friction shifters on atm, but if anyone has any indexed down tube levers or bar ends I'd be interested.
 
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KneesUp

Guru
Funnily enough I bought some from SJS a few weeks ago. They work well - but the click are very loud aren't they? :smile:
 

GuyBoden

Guru
Location
Warrington
Why what's happened?

Personally, I feel that compared to new Shimano and Diacompe down tube shifters, there is more play in the lever interfaces.
 
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