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Old 12-06-13 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JReade

That's exactly the bike I have. Got a great deal; I paid $50 to a friend who got it for $5!! We both made out!

OP, mine is accushift alpha-6000. For my son (for whom this is his first road bike) I got some suntour stem-mount 6sp shifters; he didn't like DT shifting. It's still suntour, but the 6sp indexing works fine even though it's not accushift anymore.

Question fer ya: how loud is your RD? My RD is so loud I am embarrassed to ride with it because other people will think I'm a crappy wrench. The chain clacks on the pulleys so hard it always sounds like it's between gears, even though it's not.
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