i am putting some nashbar moustache bars on my 73 schwinn super sport, and would like to use bar end shifters. i was thinking something like Shimano Dura Ace 10 Speed Bar End Shifters SL-BS78.. can i use these shifters with the original 10 speed gear/derailleur set up on the schwinn? or will something clash?

thank you for any advice!

Assuming they are the correct diameter to fit in the moustache bars, they should certainly work in friction mode. But I think you're getting something confused. Your bike is a "ten-speed" meaning 2x5. The Dura Ace shifters you're looking at are "10-speed" meaning 10 gears in the back, so they'd be used in a 2x10 or 3x10 drivetrain. Things have changed since the 70s, and ten-speed doesn't always mean what it used to.

You don't need the 10-speed Dura Ace shifters, and I'm not sure there's any way to decently index your current setup without getting a new rear derailer and freewheel. Any bar-end shifters that offer friction mode (and I think most of them do) will work.

Your '73 Schwinn "10-speed", unless it's been heavily and recently upgraded, has a total of 10 speeds, i.e. 5 cogs in the rear and two chainrings in front. In modern terminology "10-speed" means 10 cogs in the rear alone which, combined with two or three chainrings, give a total of 20 or 30 "speeds".

So, those barend shifters will only work if you use them in "friction" mode and they are overkill for your bike. Try to find a set of older, less expensive barends which can be lebeled as 7,8 or 9-speed (all refering to the number of rear cogs) and all of these have the needed friction mode you need.

Edit: Apparently Fastjake is faster at typing than I am but note that we both told you the same things.

Seek out some Sun tour power ratchet bar end shifters ,from the 70's~80's..
they are not indexed, you don't need indexing .

components of high end race bikes have been in a engineering race on the inter brand rivalry,
and have over done it IMHO,

Speed is the work you put into the pedals.

+1. Assuming the Super Sport has the original derailleurs, they wouldn't work with index shifters anyway. Suntour bar-cons work great, and they're appropriate for the bike:
https://www.velobase.com/ViewComponen...m=104&AbsPos=2


A modern alternative is the Dia-Compe Silver bar-end shifters:
https://store.velo-orange.com/index.p...-shifters.html

so i need these. right? cheaper and fit the biker better.

https://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Suntour-...item5ade0b1172

those are missing the rubber ends .. I have a horde , wave generous money I respond.

a horde of rubber ends? or the whole set up?

You can buy the plastic covers by the bagfull on eBay, but I think they look and feel better without them.

a couple pairs of Whole levers..

Tin of plastidip hardware store tool handle stuff will coat them too,

great, would you do $35 on a pair??

won't let me IM, sorry...

fietsbob, did you get a reply PM from me?? i don't think they will let me, don't have 50 posts....

and then they delete

my 50 posts

thread!

and i'm back down to 30...

i've had 3

members PM me,

and i can't reply!!!!!!!!!!!

Post your real e-mail address here but code it as: johndoe AT xyz DOT net so the data fishing sites won't record it.

I pinged a PM your way and got the location reply.

I'm all about the Diacompe Silvers..but it looks like their prices have increased.

hey everyone, i wanted to put some closure to this. got her all wrapped up and cabled out.. thanks again fietsbob.

I hadn't seen those diacompe ones before, look like a good product.

I have a few sets of the 8 speed Shimano ones, and I run them in friction mode (Who REALLY needs indexing anyway? ). Love them to death, and you can occasionally find them online for less than $70.