Re: [CR]bar-end shifter systems--the best? + bit

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 14:34:57 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]bar-end shifter systems--the best? + bit
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/20/03 9:35:30 AM Pacific Standard Time, chasds@mindspring.com writes:


> I strongly urge anyone with an interest to get the
> appropriate frame and set it up with this system, and see
> what you think. The stuff is all out there and not all that
> expensive, either. Just make sure everything's very clean,
> straight, and well-oiled and greased. A new chain and
> freewheel make a huge difference too...of course! Put it
> all together though, and that shifting system made by
> Campagnolo nearly 40 years ago now, gives just about
> anything else a good run.
>

I'm just putting some of these on a Masi 3V, and for anyone planning an installation, I have a recommendation. I like to drill out the hole in the body that the cable passes through, and since I just did this, I thought I'd pass along the drill bit size. 7/64" gives a nice large hole that makes it easy to regrease when the time comes to change the inner cables. You can probably get by with 3/32".
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA