Originally Posted by Dirtdrop
I wasn't satisfied with the 8 speed bar end shifters (barcon is a trademarked Suntour name) and 7 speed cassette combination when I was using a Sachs derailer, even though it's supposed to be Shimano compatible. I switched to a Shimano derailer and it works great. The front shifter is friction, so you can use any derailer you want to.
I've got mine mounted like this:
Dirtdrop: very nice looking setup. Can I ask why you didn't get Shimano thumbies? They are redilly available in 7 speed on ebay. It seems like it would be more expensive to get the SunTour shifters and mount Shimano barcons to them.
OTH, Shimano 7 speed barcons are getting expensive and hard to find. That's my dilema. Thanks for the input though. I like your SunTour idea. Kind of a poor man's solution to getting Paul Thumbie mounts.
Tim