Re: [CR]Suntour Cyclone Shift Levers Attachment

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To: TADCPDAJD@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: Mitchell Gass <mitchell@gassworks.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Cyclone Shift Levers Attachment
In-Reply-To: <15d.19bd1805.2b43a48a@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 19:01:12 -0800

At 08:55 PM 12/31/2002 -0500, TADCPDAJD@aol.com wrote:
>http://ebay.com/<blah>
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>The seller calls this "an endless clamp" setup...

One of my more amusing parts failures was with these shifters. I was on a loaded tour up the California coast, got up very early one morning, and was more than a little tired and groggy. On one of my first uphills, I tried shifting down with the right lever. The front derailleur shifted. In my daze, I then tried using the left lever. The rear derailleur shifted. I thought I had entered some bizarre reversed universe until I noticed that the shifter's very thin clamp had broken. Each time I tried to shift, the shifter slipped down the down tube and slackened the cable for the other derailleur.

The shifters were extremely light for their day, but I wouldn't recommend them unless light weight is your only goal.

Mitchell Gass
Between rainstorms in Berkeley, CA