Originally Posted by
LWaB
That is partially correct but even at its best, will all the required components, the shifting wasn't up to Shimano's standard.
I've heard this before but I had a Nishiki International with the ole group and it was fine. Everything worked perfectly. I've used Suntour indexing bar ends with mixed components on other bikes and they too worked fine. Maybe I've just been lucky but I don't think they are any different than the Shimano stuff.