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Old 04-16-19, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy
You just happen to have the most difficult shifters to replace... that Suntour aero shifter mount throws a monkey wrench into the works... there were actually cablestops made to work with those mounts, but they’re RARE. You can fabricate something fancy- but that’s an awful lot of work.
Just use a standard, downtube cable clamp. Position it just above the existing braze-on lever muont, so as to use the mount to prevent the clamp from sliding down the tube with use. Not particularly elegant, but fully functional.

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