Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Seek out some Sun tour power ratchet bar end shifters ,from the 70's~80's..
they are not indexed, you don't need indexing .
components of high end race bikes have been in a engineering race on the inter brand rivalry,
and have over done it IMHO,
Speed is the work you put into the pedals.
+1. Assuming the Super Sport has the original derailleurs, they wouldn't work with index shifters anyway. Suntour bar-cons work great, and they're appropriate for the bike:
http://www.velobase.com/ViewComponen...m=104&AbsPos=2
A modern alternative is the Dia-Compe Silver bar-end shifters:
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-shifters.html
