friction shifter help.. confusion?
06-23-07, 06:40 PM
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friction shifter help.. confusion?
I am a bit new to the gears scene, and am trying to build up a frame with the down tube friction shifters (non indexed) I have some early c record ones that i am trying to use but they don't quite work on the odd little mount bolted on the frame. there is a small key that steps right at the top base of the mounting stem on frame. that prevents the stop boss from setting totally flat against the base of the stem mount... a bit hard to describe I suppose.. if any of you have any experience on this type of friction shifter mount i would love some help...
thanks.
thanks.
06-23-07, 07:39 PM
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I was thinking that looked like a ST set-up also. What the heck is that doing on a 'Nago? It's the only one I've seen w/o "normal" downtube brazed on bosses.
ST stuff is available on eBay and perhaps Loosescrews.com. It'll be a shame if you can't use the C-Record though.
To be honest for a moment I wondered if you had a counterfeit but the headlugs are right as is the fork crown. That'd be awful hard to fake so your frame is the real deal but I've never seen that setup for shifters on a Colnago.
Good luck!
ST stuff is available on eBay and perhaps Loosescrews.com. It'll be a shame if you can't use the C-Record though.
To be honest for a moment I wondered if you had a counterfeit but the headlugs are right as is the fork crown. That'd be awful hard to fake so your frame is the real deal but I've never seen that setup for shifters on a Colnago.
Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Walter
To be honest for a moment I wondered if you had a counterfeit but the headlugs are right as is the fork crown. That'd be awful hard to fake so your frame is the real deal but I've never seen that setup for shifters on a Colnago.
Good luck!
Good luck!
OH GOD, please don't say that..... OH THEY ARE GOING ON IT..ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, EVEN IF HOT GLUE IS THE ANSWER. BWAHAHAHA, or i will file a small keyway into the stop bosses, i think that'll work.
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
Or remove the SunTour boss & try to find a Campy one.
I was, but the only ones I have been able to find clamp on and push the levers out to the sides of the tube.
on this frame, there are small holes right behind the boss for the cables to go into the tube.
and as for the clamps, the tube is not round.
06-23-07, 10:06 PM
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It looks as if you have 1/3rd of a Sun Tour Symetric shifter. I've only seen them on touring bikes from the early to mid-80's.
In Houston, there is at least one bike shop that has an "expert" on restoring twenty year old road bikes to "like new" riding condition. If your town has such a shop, that is where your bike deserves to be...it is a really nice bike that merits the best.
In Houston, there is at least one bike shop that has an "expert" on restoring twenty year old road bikes to "like new" riding condition. If your town has such a shop, that is where your bike deserves to be...it is a really nice bike that merits the best.
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Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
In Houston, there is at least one bike shop that has an "expert" on restoring twenty year old road bikes to "like new" riding condition. If your town has such a shop, that is where your bike deserves to be...it is a really nice bike that merits the best.
i don't think there is one here...
06-24-07, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by SugarPill
or i will file a small keyway into the stop bosses, i think that'll work.
Your first pics didn't show the entire frame. You've got a relatively rare Master there with the curved seattube. Very nice! I guess that's why they went with "aero" routing for the shifters. If your mod doesn't work go with the ST. You can run it in friction and ST made real nice shifters. A few seconds with a polishing wheel and the "SunTour" label can be gone forever. I'd probably go looking for the ST stuff before breaking out the file.
Actually the best idea I have is to contact Sheldon Brown at HarrisCyclery.com. Include a link to this thread in your email. Guarantee it he can tell you and might even have what you need to get shifters back on that bike. There's no better resource I know of.
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