Originally Posted by Juilin
Can those sunrace shifters be used in friction? I have a similar set-up and need a clamp on downtube conversion but I dont care much to have indexed shifting on my old red beast.
I'm not sure about these ones. I bought them from bikeman.com and the description doesn't say anything about changing them to friction. I know I've seen some that can be switched though. There are also plenty available that are friction only (
http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/LD1100). Friction-only may not be the nicest shifters, but they'd get the job done I suppose.