Originally Posted by
pacificaslim
I watched ebay and craigslist for a few months to find replacements for my 3x7 deore xl thumb-shifter and brake lever units on my old mountain bike and didn't find anything affordable at all. They just don't come up often. Those click shifters always seemed to break anyway so I just did away with them and went with a separate tektro brake lever and cheap friction thumb shifters (bought both off the rivendell site).
I've played with thumb shifters on something street I built for a co-worker (hybrid something or other) a while back, and didn't like them all that much. Have considered the idea, but am hoping for a bit better.
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