Adapting braze-on shifters to a frame which lacks posts?
01-18-14, 02:43 PM
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Adapting braze-on shifters to a frame which lacks posts?
Is it possible to adapt a set of braze-on shifters to a frame which lacks them? I have this rather cool Regina America setup (derailleurs, shifters, crankset) I just received from Bianchigirll (thanks!), but it had been so long since I'd seen pictures of the bits (the f/s ads get deleted after 30 days) I forgot exactly what was included. The frame I was hoping to put the parts on doesn't have posts.
Thx,
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Edit: doh... wrote "dropouts", meant "shifters"
Thx,
Skip
Edit: doh... wrote "dropouts", meant "shifters"
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01-18-14, 02:57 PM
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I just googled "front derailleur braze on adapter" and found lots of stuff that looks like it'd work.
like this.
Edit: Disregard. Either the OP changed the original post substantially, or I'm pretty dumb, or both.
like this.
Edit: Disregard. Either the OP changed the original post substantially, or I'm pretty dumb, or both.
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01-18-14, 03:32 PM
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You can get those posts brazed onto your frame (if steel) or find an original clamp-on bracket without the levers. Ive never heard of glues used successfully for this.
01-18-14, 05:39 PM
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You need a downtube shifter clamp that will play nice with the regina shift levers. Search E-bay for "bicycle shifter downtube". Not all posts are compatible with all levers though so you'll need to try the levers on any other bikes you can find to see what the posts should look like. Or ask BianchiGirl if she knows.
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You need one of these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DOWNTUBE-SHI...#ht_749wt_1362
https://www.ebay.com/itm/DOWNTUBE-SHI...#ht_749wt_1362
Is it possible to adapt a set of braze-on shifters to a frame which lacks them? I have this rather cool Regina America setup (derailleurs, shifters, crankset) I just received from Bianchigirll (thanks!), but it had been so long since I'd seen pictures of the bits (the f/s ads get deleted after 30 days) I forgot exactly what was included. The frame I was hoping to put the parts on doesn't have posts.
Thx,
Skip
Thx,
Skip
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I didn't think most/many/any clamp-on shifters had posts that mimicked braze-on posts. The fact that this guy needed to modify his Huret clamp-on posts suggests I was correct.
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