Shifter options on a 3-speed
03-27-10 | 07:02 PM
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Shifter options on a 3-speed
Hey Everyone,
I'm redoing a 1974 Ross 3-speed. I'll post pics when it's done, but anyways, here's my question. I want to put on inverted brake levers and leather handle bar wraps for a custom look. I want the bars to be clean so I want to mount the shifter somewhere else. Has anyone done this and if so did you use a different type of shifter or just mount it somewhere else, ie., the handlebar stem or frame tube.
Also, as long as I'm on the topic, is there any reason I wouldn't like the inverted brake levers, they look sweet.
Thanks in advance!
Mike
I'm redoing a 1974 Ross 3-speed. I'll post pics when it's done, but anyways, here's my question. I want to put on inverted brake levers and leather handle bar wraps for a custom look. I want the bars to be clean so I want to mount the shifter somewhere else. Has anyone done this and if so did you use a different type of shifter or just mount it somewhere else, ie., the handlebar stem or frame tube.
Also, as long as I'm on the topic, is there any reason I wouldn't like the inverted brake levers, they look sweet.
Thanks in advance!
Mike
03-27-10 | 08:10 PM
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Your shifter options depend on the type of hub that's on your Ross, I'm guessing it's a Shimano? I've seen thumb shifters, grip shifters, and the Sturmey-style triggers for the Shimano hubs. If you want them on the down tube, you'll need to fabricate something custom.
Mounting a standard shifter in a non-standard location would look cheesy in my opinion, a bit like the seatpost-mounted brake levers that I occasionally see on budget fixie conversions, only less dangerous.
Mounting a standard shifter in a non-standard location would look cheesy in my opinion, a bit like the seatpost-mounted brake levers that I occasionally see on budget fixie conversions, only less dangerous.
03-28-10 | 01:47 AM
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You should be able to do it on the downtube or stem, I would think. It shouldn't be too hard to find some unused stem shifters...
But yeah, probably need to specify what kind of hub it is. Shimano or Sturmey?
But yeah, probably need to specify what kind of hub it is. Shimano or Sturmey?
03-28-10 | 07:09 AM
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Sturmey Archer had a top tube mounted indexed shifter. I know not everyone approves, but I successfully and quite easily shifted a Sturmey Archer AW hub with a friction Huret downtube shifter on an old cheapo 10-speed I was temporarily running as a 3-speed coaster. Second gear is NOT that hard to find -- it's immediately past first, well before the neural zone which separates it from third.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
