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.