Shifter Barrel Adjusters for Indexing

[dubhghall]

Probably a stupid question, but . . . . .

I am in the process of swapping my Shimano STI shifters, front and rear mechs to SRAM. The SRAM rear mech has a barrel adjuster but there aren't any at the shifter end so there is no adjustment for the front mech. When I spoke to the lbs they said my frame should have barrel adjusters on the cable stops at the top of the downtube but I don't! They said I must have an old frame then - is 2008 old?

I am putting my Shimano gruppo onto a second frame so can't pinch those, any other bright ideas please? Can you buy these barrel adjusters?

Thanks in advance

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[Tollers]

Some of these in-line cable adjusters.

I just bought a frame which came with these. Will fit them over weekend.

 

[Landslide]

When I spoke to the lbs they said my frame should have barrel adjusters on the cable stops at the top of the downtube but I don't!

If your frame doesn't have bult in stops, then you'll need some bolt-on ones that fit on to the downtube gear lever bosses, like these. I'm guessing these are what you're shifting over to your other frame wth your current Shimano shifters.

 

[dubhghall]

Some of these in-line cable adjusters.

I just bought a frame which came with these. Will fit them over weekend.

Many thanks guys much appreciated - they're the fellars!

I have stops on the headtube / downtube join but they aren't threaded to take adjusters. The in-line ones are perfect. Good to know those screw in ones exist, I would have never known that!

Oh for some decent weather!

 

[Tollers]

I have stops on the headtube / downtube join but they aren't threaded to take adjusters.

You don't happen to be riding a Scott do you?

 

[dubhghall]

No, it is a Cannondale Six13

 

[PatrickPending]

i put some of these on an allez frame where the adjustable barrels had galvanically welded themselves to the frame and wouldn't budge

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=39475

they seem to work fine - they fit between the shifters and the cable rather neat really