I think the SS are clones of Suntour shifters with the same mechanism as Dia Compe and the stop will line up the lever with the down tube. But, being friction, maybe you could adjust things such that the lever need not go all the way forward to put the chain on the small ring?
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I don't do: disks, tubeless, e-shifting, or bead head nymphs.
Last edited by Classtime; 03-31-23 at 05:30 AM.