Originally Posted by
amedias
Piff I'm assuming the Campagnolo parts are harder to find where you are, as 8sp index inserts are about £15-£20 as NOS here in England, and I could pick up some used but functional 8s Ergos for the same at a jumble. If you were this side of the Atlantic I'd offer to mail you a pair.
I'll see if I can rustle up a photo when I'm in the workshop tomorrow as I think there's one bike easily accessible with such a setup, if not I'll grab a rear mech and dummy it for some pics.
One of my favourite setups in recent years has been 10sp Mk2 Ergos (rounded hood tops rather than pointy) mated to a slightly modified Suntour VX s mid-cage rear derailleur and Shimano RSX front derailleur to run a custom spaced 8sp 12-26 cassette and 26/36/48 triple on one of my Audax bikes, put many thousands of miles on that setup and it's still the best mix of reliability, smoothness and overall capability I've ever used in terms of Ergo-shifted drivetrains :-)
That is simply too cool. I love the Vx mid cage derailleur, used one for years on my first road bike.
Originally Posted by
Kontact
Not bad, at least I could harvest the index ring and possibly other parts...Thanks for the link.
Originally Posted by
Wildwood
.......long live friction shifting interoperability?....
only a short reach away.
If it doesn't click for you,... we've all been there too.
I have to admit that after many years of downtube friction shifting I'm very much enjoying trying out STI/ergo for my first time. Especially up in the Oakland/Berkeley hills.
Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
Any modern Shimano freewheel removal tool will work with a Sachs-Aris freewheel.
I can't believe it, but after your comment I double checked and I've been making do with a park tool FR-7 rather than the appropriate FR 1.3
Up until now I've been able to shove the tool into Shimano 600 freewheels well enough. No wonder it never seemed to be the right fit!