Another major advantage of these levers is that they have one of the largest barrels meaning that the cable moves more for a small movement of the lever. On tandems with long and stretchy cables, this is an advantage. I have them mounted on my Bob Jackson tandem and have used them for over 20 years.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Cyclone Shift Levers Attachment
> In a message dated 12/31/2002 10:06:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> mitchell@gassworks.com writes:
>
>
> > 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.
> >
>
> Properly installed and maintained, these shifters have never been any less
> reliable than any other I've used.
> There were also factory braze-ons for them and we even installed both
brazed
> and cold bosses for them- a simple water bottle boss was all it took.
> One model 'topmount' lever set had a cam mechanism (the name is
temporarily
> escaping me) that trimmed the front derailleur when the rear lever was
> actuated.
>
> Larry Black
> Maryland
>
>
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