Bee
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Re: Brompton 2017 onwards integrated under-bar 3-speed shifter
Hello fellow Bromptonauts,
I've got a recurrent problem with Brompton 3-speed shifters... over time the amount of trigger rotation required to shift down (3 to 2, and 2 to 1) seems to have increased. This is more pronounced when shifting from 2nd to 1st, and has now become so bad as to require the trigger to rotate past the moulded end-stop on the shifter housing body in order for the ratchet mechanism to register a shift.
The cable assembly is relatively new and in good fettle. The bike itself hardly ever sees wet weather, and is well maintained.
This very same issue happened a year or so ago and my (not so) local dealer then kindly replaced the shifter unit gratis. And now the replacement shifter is exhibiting the same symptoms... arg!
Apparently the shifter isn't available as a spare to Joe consumer except as part of a brake-leaver/shifter set. Given that this problem would seem from its repeat nature to be a design issue, I'm loath to be forking out to replace perfectly good brake-leaver units, and am wondering: a) if anyone else has experienced similar, or b) can recommend an alternative to the Brompton shifters -- preferably indexed and with left and right to match.
Hello fellow Bromptonauts,
I've got a recurrent problem with Brompton 3-speed shifters... over time the amount of trigger rotation required to shift down (3 to 2, and 2 to 1) seems to have increased. This is more pronounced when shifting from 2nd to 1st, and has now become so bad as to require the trigger to rotate past the moulded end-stop on the shifter housing body in order for the ratchet mechanism to register a shift.
The cable assembly is relatively new and in good fettle. The bike itself hardly ever sees wet weather, and is well maintained.
This very same issue happened a year or so ago and my (not so) local dealer then kindly replaced the shifter unit gratis. And now the replacement shifter is exhibiting the same symptoms... arg!
Apparently the shifter isn't available as a spare to Joe consumer except as part of a brake-leaver/shifter set. Given that this problem would seem from its repeat nature to be a design issue, I'm loath to be forking out to replace perfectly good brake-leaver units, and am wondering: a) if anyone else has experienced similar, or b) can recommend an alternative to the Brompton shifters -- preferably indexed and with left and right to match.
), then you're likely starting with a single- or two-speed model, and so not have a 3-speed shifter to worry about.
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