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Old 12-16-12 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ColonelJLloyd
SunTour bar ends don't operate the same way. I've seen people refer to them as retrofriction, but that's incorrect. They operate with a micro-ratcheting mechanism to help hold the tension and have no spring.
Yes, I figured they differed somehow. Suntour uses a term like "ratcheting power shift" or something. Maybe I'll have to keep an eye out for the Simplex ones, I'm curious to try them now.
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