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Old 06-29-06, 07:57 PM
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clamp on shifters

I recently bought a bike that has clamp-on downtube shifters. The shifters are in need of replacing and I was wondering if you can adapt regulat downtube shifters to attach to a clamp on style or if I am going to have to hunt down a set of Huret clamp-on shifters (haven't been able to find any yet).
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Originally Posted by cradduck
I recently bought a bike that has clamp-on downtube shifters. The shifters are in need of replacing and I was wondering if you can adapt regulat downtube shifters to attach to a clamp on style or if I am going to have to hunt down a set of Huret clamp-on shifters (haven't been able to find any yet).
I have yet to see braze on type shifters that could be converted to clamp on. I have a set of clamp on Suntours that converted to braze on just by taking them off the clamp. Lots of choices for clamp ons...or are you set on Huret? If you want to go first class, find some Simplex retro-friction clamp ons.
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