Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Not wrong, in fact they're still being sold that way:
Shimano Ultegra 8 Speed Bar-end Shifters LD801 $84.95
These permit switching between indexed and friction shifting.
Complete with cables, housing and down-tube cable stops for attachment to down-tube braze-ons. If your bike doesn't have the braze-ons, you also need to buy a pair of clamp-on cable stops.
The 7-speed units are no longer available, but the 8-speed shifters actually work quite well with 7-speed cassettes, especially with modern rear derailers.
As I said- the 7-speed units wouldn't work
for me on an 8-speed cassette. They can put anything they want in their ad copy.
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