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  • 8 speed shifters
  • biking_jk
    Free Member

    Hi,

    Does anyone know where you can buy 8 speed Shimano shifters – I’ve looked on a few of the usual sites but no luck.

    Cheers,

    Jim

    Posted 13 years ago
    geoffj
    Full Member

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17662

    Not quite XT quality, but they should work.

    Posted 13 years ago
    biking_jk
    Free Member

    Thanks Geoff, looks like a good fall back option. I have seen some Alivo shifters too, are these supposedly better than the R440 you suggest?

    Posted 13 years ago
    rootes1
    Full Member

    R440 is better the alivo

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Those won’t work with a mtb front mech tho Shirley?

    Posted 13 years ago
    speaker2animals
    Full Member

    I have a set of XT 8 speed shifters. In very good condition, they were only used for about 12 months and no really rough off roading. If you’re interested, let me know; bikeandy61@gmail.com

    Posted 13 years ago
    geoffj
    Full Member

    Those won’t work with a mtb front mech tho Shirley?

    They do on my *coughs* hybrid

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Erm…does your hybrid have a mtb front mech?

    Posted 13 years ago
    geoffj
    Full Member

    Erm…does your hybrid have a mtb front mech?

    Yup

    Posted 13 years ago
    Neil-F
    Free Member

    I use Alivio 8 speed on mine, never had any probs with them, and they’re big muckle amounts better than the Sram X5 they replaced!

    Posted 13 years ago
    GW
    Free Member

    He’ll only need one shifter for 8 speed 🙄

    ps. Sram Attack/Rocket (cannae rem which of the 2 was discontinued) are decent 8spd shimano compatable shifters too.

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    But he said

    8 speed Shimano shifter[u]s[/i][/u]

    Posted 13 years ago
    GW
    Free Member

    actually Al, he said..

    “Hi,”

    “Does anyone know where you can buy 8 speed Shimano shifters“

    So with as good a grasp of English grammar as was once required on here he’d actually have been asking whether anyone knows of a shop with 8 speed shimano shifters (plural) in stock. With his casual disregard for the use of a question mark, WTF knows, eh? 😕

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    ha ha ha you bit 😎

    Posted 13 years ago
    GW
    Free Member

    Oh.. You’d know when I bit! 😈

    😆

    Posted 13 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    😮

    Posted 13 years ago
    igm
    Full Member

    I have an unused 8 speed XT rapidfire if that’s what you’re looking for email me

    Posted 13 years ago
    DoctorRad
    Free Member

    Old Skool SunTour thumbshifters aren’t hard to find on eBay, will work with 7- or 8-speed Shimano cassettes and can even be hacked to work with 9-speed if you know what you’re doing.

    Posted 13 years ago
    biking_jk
    Free Member

    Hi,

    Apologies for missing out the quesiton mark, and thanks to those offering spares, that’s [that is] why I like this forum. I’ve mailed you.

    Thanks again.

    Jim

    Posted 13 years ago
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