Anyone here own a Hewitt Cheviot?

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gwhite

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P.H said:
It was a great idea, it's the way I have my Hewitt set up.
Unfortunatly Campagnolo changed the levers in 2007 making it no longer an option. Paul Hewitt stocked up, but even those have run out, he's now offering either Shimano STI or bar ends.

I've never been able to understand why Campag dropped the friction FD and followed the pack into indexed FD's. They are difficult to set-up, especially on road triples, and continually go out of adjustment. In addition there usually problems with rubbing on the front cage when using the whole range of gears. All of the above easily avoided when using the friction shift.
On my road triple I was fortunate to find an old model XT FD which allowed me to bring the cable into the clamp on the other side thereby adjusting the cable pull to suit (courtesy of Chris Juden).
 
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