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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
Both Suntour and Shimano made ratchet shifters. One brand ratchets in both directions and the other only ratchets in one direction. I'm not sure which is which. YES they made stem shifters that ratchet. My best recollection is Shimano made them and they appeared on Ross Eurosports for a period of time, I know I got some ratchet shifters off of a Ross Eurosport. I like ratchet because they provide a better estimate of where the next gear is. I think the Shimano shifters have a shorter lever than the Suntour model but its been a while since I worked with these.
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