Get some Shimano DA 9s shifter, index/friction is up to you. According to some old wrench at my LBS, Campy DT is fine IFF your DT shifter boss is perfect position.
For me, DA 9. On Jul 23, 9:51 am, Eduardo Rosas <ejro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I gotta say i went with campy b/c my comp-triple and my bottom bracket > haven't failed me in over 10K, only 3K was actually mine, and this was > a hand-me-down gift. so when it came to looking at the shifters, > campy was my first thought. Simplex and silvers, more choices to > ponder. > > The part seems to be a lever bracket/stop piece,http://tinyurl.com/242r366, > i'm thinking i might be able to just fill this in with the right size > washer. Anyone know if that part is "necessary?" > > Thanks! --e > > On Jul 23, 5:44 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > What's so special about Campagnolo downtube shifters? Or, put it > > > another way, many would say the best downtube shifters ever were the Sun > > > Tour Sprints, which RBW has brought back into current production as > > > Silver shifters. Have you considered using them? > > > Another alternative are the Simplex Retrofriction which still manage > > to come up on eBay fairly often. > > > I keep my quite lovel Campy nos DT shifters on the display shelf. My > > bikes all have Simplex Retrofriction. > > > On Jul 23, 6:16 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 09:54 -0700, Eduardo Rosas wrote: > > > > So I'm finally getting close to getting my custom lugged "randonneur" > > > > type bike from a local builder. So naturally I'm stocking up on older > > > > proven technology like down-tube shifters. I finally found a nice set > > > > of c-record campy friction shifters that weren't all banged up, but... > > > > I could only find the kind that attaches to a crown and ideally I'd > > > > like to use the down-tube braze-ons. There is a piece, sorry I don't > > > > know the name (part #1 on this picture (http://www.ventoux.com/ > > > > campyrf.gif)) that I need, my set has this piece riveted into the > > > > crown and I'd rather not mutilate the crown to get it off. Does > > > > anyone happen to have a pair of these for sale or know where i might > > > > be able to pick some up. > > > > What's so special about Campagnolo downtube shifters? Or, put it > > > another way, many would say the best downtube shifters ever were the Sun > > > Tour Sprints, which RBW has brought back into current production as > > > Silver shifters. Have you considered using them? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
