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7/8 Speed Indexed Road Bike Drop Bar Thumb Shifters
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On a budget, after returning a pair of faulty MicroNEW brifters, I decided to design my own. Not brifter, but just a thumb shifter reachable from the hoods. Why does no one make anything like this anymore?
Inspired by the Suntour command shifters, it seemed like such a simple concept. May have been a better idea to just make a mount for existing bar-end or flat bar thumb shifters, but those also cost money. Indexing is achieved with plastic dimples and headset ball bearings - ~4mm size, and
Inspired by the Suntour command shifters, it seemed like such a simple concept. May have been a better idea to just make a mount for existing bar-end or flat bar thumb shifters, but those also cost money. Indexing is achieved with plastic dimples and headset ball bearings - ~4mm size, and
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