Are shift lever "posts" universal?
09-08-12 | 09:22 AM
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Are shift lever "posts" universal?
I want to add a single-sided clamp-on down tube shifter to my bike.
I have a set of Suntour stem shifters, so all I need is the clamp, if lever posts are universal. There are lots of Simplex clamps available, no Suntour that I can find.
Thanks.
I have a set of Suntour stem shifters, so all I need is the clamp, if lever posts are universal. There are lots of Simplex clamps available, no Suntour that I can find.
Thanks.
09-08-12 | 10:39 AM
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Yes and no. I'd think the French are different, but eventually everyone settled on the Campagnolo standard. Campagnolo single lever clamp-ons are sometimes on ebay...
09-08-12 | 10:43 AM
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Suntour stem shifters are also not all alike, as time went on they changed.
09-08-12 | 11:46 AM
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I don't have Shimano on my bikes, but IIRC, they made their own shift lever "stud" style that does not work with most of the Euro shift levers.
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09-08-12 | 11:49 AM
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I agree. While most braze on post and shifters are pretty standard butmoving a clampon shifter from its brand of clamp to another brand clamp can be problematic.
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