7 Speeds Please
05-01-13, 04:35 PM
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7 Speeds Please
The component companies should make seven speed cassettes and shifters again. a good midline 7 speed would really be all most folks need. And for older rehabs it would be a step up. Harumph.
05-01-13, 04:45 PM
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Shimano recently released 7 speed brifters and has been making 7 speed threaded freewheels for a long time. I'll find a link.
05-01-13, 04:47 PM
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IRD Defiant. Shimano. SunRace. All have current-production seven-speed freewheels with ramped cogs. Perfect for "older rehabs".
And, to be especially curmudgeonly, your use of "cassette", and the implication that shifters are speed-specific, betrays your modern sensibilities. I look down my nose at you. Harrumph.
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And, to be especially curmudgeonly, your use of "cassette", and the implication that shifters are speed-specific, betrays your modern sensibilities. I look down my nose at you. Harrumph.
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05-01-13, 04:48 PM
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Yep, Shimano ST-A070.
05-01-13, 04:52 PM
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Cassettes and freewheels are still out there, new, if you look.
Shifters are a little tougher, but I just saw some some downtube type on evil bay the other day as BIN right at $30.00. Not free, but not horrible either.
One of the neat things about 7-speed is the cog spacing is the same 5.0mm for both cassettes and freewheels. You can use a 4mm spacer, on the inside of the cassette, if you want to run one on a modern 8,9, 10-speed Shimano splined hub.
And, if you really want to get your freak on, I notice Campy 8-speed cassette is also 5.0mm spacing, so it should work just fine in a Shimano 7-speed setup, although, you will only be able to shift 7 gears. I mention this as Campy 8 was somewhat of a short lived oddball. Might be able to pick up a nice wheel cheap.
Shifters are a little tougher, but I just saw some some downtube type on evil bay the other day as BIN right at $30.00. Not free, but not horrible either.
One of the neat things about 7-speed is the cog spacing is the same 5.0mm for both cassettes and freewheels. You can use a 4mm spacer, on the inside of the cassette, if you want to run one on a modern 8,9, 10-speed Shimano splined hub.
And, if you really want to get your freak on, I notice Campy 8-speed cassette is also 5.0mm spacing, so it should work just fine in a Shimano 7-speed setup, although, you will only be able to shift 7 gears. I mention this as Campy 8 was somewhat of a short lived oddball. Might be able to pick up a nice wheel cheap.
05-01-13, 05:08 PM
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Tourney.
05-01-13, 05:45 PM
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I wonder if that is just an old Sora 7 speed that is rebadged as Tourney? I have a bunch of 7 speed stuff, including an old Sora 7 speed brifter set. It may end up on a Schwinn Tempo frame I have
05-01-13, 05:57 PM
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Well it doesn't matter all SIS seven speed is comapatiable frome 88 to present. So you can can just go wild.
05-01-13, 06:00 PM
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True, I am wondering about build quality, as if you can really talk about quality with a Tourney level product. People scoff at Sora and it works just fine by me.
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Shimano still makes 7-speed freehubs and 9(!) different cassettes for them. As much as I don't like the industry's trend toward obsoleting these things every few years, my hat is off to them for continuing to support 7-speed. 
05-01-13, 08:50 PM
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Seems like every dead MTB I pull out of the dumpster has a 7 speed freewheel on it. Why go spend money?
05-02-13, 10:13 AM
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05-02-13, 10:16 AM
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Huh? There is plenty of 7 speed stuff still made. You just have to, you know, look.
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Too bad It costs so much for a straight block, I'd like 14-15-16-17-18 +2. Ends up being cheaper to just get a cassette wheel, and then I'm no longer bound to 7 speeds anyways.
05-02-13, 02:13 PM
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Reminds me of the guy who sold me a really nice 27 inch wheelset cheap. He told me unfortunately, no one makes 27 inch tires anymore, so I needed to understand once the tires were worn out, the wheels were toast. Oh, OK, since I just received an order of 27 inch tires the week before.
My standard shifter of choice for MTBs are the Tourney trigger shifters. Can buy a set for under $13, including cables and housings. And they work well. And I buy them for the keeper fleet too. So some of the Tourney stuff is pretty decent.
05-02-13, 02:31 PM
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8 speed is king.
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05-02-13, 04:40 PM
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The question still stands though, is a Tourney seven speed brifter the same as the old Sora Seven speed wrt the guts of the unit? I can go with Tourney, I can go cheap, but if it means really dubious quality, its not worth it. As far as looking, I am usually scouring the net for NOS 7 speed stuff, but its rather tedious. I have friction bar ends on one bike, brifters on another. Downtube friction on another. Just depends on how one wants to use the bike.
05-02-13, 04:55 PM
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05-02-13, 05:19 PM
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Nice!
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You sire about that? Pretty sure before the new release, the only 7 speed shimano stis were rsx. Didn't does start at 8 speed?
7 speed would be nice, or 8s with 126mm spacing.
7 speed would be nice, or 8s with 126mm spacing.
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