Hello all,
Picked up a nice Austro-Daimler SLE the other day. I want to put brifters on it, but I really don't want to (yet) upgrade the rear wheel to a cassette hub. I've got a pair of Campagnolo brifters lying around somewhere (I think they are eight speed), so I did some searching and came up with this:
http://www.bikepro.com/products/freewheels/sachs.html
It says its compatible with other index shifting, with a cog width of 1.9mm and a spacing of 3.0mm. That's nearly the same as sheldon brown's spacing guide for 8 speed campagnolo, with a cog width of 1.9mm and a spacing of 3.1mm:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html
Am I crazy? Will this work? Should I just pony up the cashish for some Sora shifters and a 7 speed freewheel?
Thanks,
Richard