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I would like to mount downtube shifters on a frame (31.8mm downtube) with no shifter bosses.
Now I have found this version which is widely available:
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However its bulkiness offends my sensibilities. I have found the perfect, sleek item however its only available from the states and is annoyingly expensive.
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORMA-31-8-Clamp-On-Downtube-Shifters-Bosses-Adapter-Index-Stainless-Hollow-Bolt-/152210555723?hash=item237074c34b:g:QQ8AAOSw6n5Xtdf2 ]ebay link[/url]
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My question is, does anyone know of a UK supplier for something similar to the above? Or am I going to have to stop being so precious.
Cheers!
the bottom one is a Mikalor style clamp (used for exhausts, turbo intakes etc) with some stand-offs welded to it.
Also looks ugly to me.
alternatively, a frame builder could braze a set on for you easy enough (probabaly)
There is also the Nova one - but you do need to drill a hole in your bike...
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Why would you want to do this? - things have moved on for the better. . . . . .
Some older shimano levers came on a clamp, try ebay.
Is this some Eroica project? If so, have a word.
Haha, not Eroica, just a bike 😀
Thanks all, band on shifters are generally a smaller diameter clamp than what I require, sadly. Though I will keep an eye on eBay.
Have thought about having some bosses brazed on, and at 30 quid (by your good self Bencooper) its tempting. If only I were closer to you.
Brazed on bosses may be cheap enough ,it`s the respray that costs
I have the opposite challenge... Am SS ing a frame, and need an elegant solution for the now ugly redundant bosses,,,, any suggestions?
Sorry for hijack
I have the opposite challenge... Am SS ing a frame, and need an elegant solution for the now ugly redundant bosses,,,, any suggestions?
Swap frames with PJ266?
If it happens to be the equivalent of a Singular Peregrine it could work...
I think Im just going to use a bar end shifter. Boring.
I hated downtube shifters. Anytime you want to change gear, you have to ride along - albeit briefly - with one hand in a completely stupid place. Not great if you then hit a pothole or have to swerve to avoid a car.