Originally Posted by
CJ C
kool option, if i could grab them for 30 i will be all over it. just gotta search and wait for a deal. its all the matter of which will get to me more my cheapness or my annoyance.
I got my used shifters for $40 including shipping.
One thing to factor in on your budget is new shift cables and housings, as the existing ones are probably cut too short to work with the bar end shifters. The cables need to be long enough to follow the whole length of the drop bars. In my case, a standard 2000cm cable wasn't quite long enough to reach the rear deraileur. A 2100cm cable would have been tight, but probably would have worked. Unfortunately, the two LBS's I stopped at didn't have the 2100 cables in stock. I wound up buying a 3000cm cable intended for a tandem and cutting off quite a bit. Paid a bit more than I would have just ordering a 2100 online, but I was impatient and wanted to get my bike rolling again.
Also factor in the cost of new bar tape.