Originally Posted by
BlankCrows
Specifically, SunTour ones with the Schwinn name on them if it came from the factory with them.
Bill, sometime between the printing of the 1971 Paramount catalog and the printing of the 1972 Paramount Order Form, the factory installed bar-end shifters changed from "Campagnolo fingertip handlebar mounted controls ($10.95 extra cost)" to "Schwinn-Approved Ratchet fingertip controls ($8.95)"...
The SunTours were not only better, they were cheaper, too.
