I'll keep this short since it's a bit OT. Yes, Shimano's DA index spacing was different than the rest of the lines. On a good note it is the same spacing as the new 9-speed stuff. So if you can find all the old stuff except the shifters you can use the new STI, bar-ends, or DT shifter. Just so everyone knows I did this many times so it does work.
enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 Doland.Cheung@sce.com wrote:
> I can't vouch for the DA 7400 stuff since I've never used it myself. I
> does look nice though. I've been trying to put together a group, but it's
> been way hard and looks to be as expensive, if not more than SR. Cranks
> are way hard to find and the brakes go for alot for used stuff. For the
> price, I'd rather get the SR, although the long term usability maybe better
> with DA 7400, since you can still find chainrings and 7sp FW.
>
> Plus, IIRC, somewhere in the evolution of DA, they messed with the parts so
> it was incompatible with the rest of the Shimano line-up. But I think this
> only applies to indexed shifting. Can someone verify this?
>
> I've been trying to find a single front 7400-series brake, and it's been
> impossible. For some strange reason, I've got this lone rear brake...
>
> However, my first race bike had Ultegra 600 7sp (which I still have) and it
> works great in either friction mode or index. Too bad it has that stupid
> dark grey finish. I'd absolutely LOVE to have another complete set of this
> stuff.
>
> Doland Cheung
> In sunny LA with no time to ride.