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Unca_Sam
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francophile
Bar-end? We pulled these off my buddy's '78 Trek. He liked them but wanted to switch back to downtube. I never could get acclimated to bar-end, so I've never used them. There's a mild kink in one of the steel housings as shown. I'm not sure how to test if they're working without installing, but if you have pointers I'm game.
Testing is easy. just move the shifter lever to see if it clicks. The only way these don't work is if they have no friction left, or they're frozen.
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