Charles,
Shimano SIS derailleurs can be shifted with older friction shifters, but will not be indexed. They will shift like any friction derailleur. It is the shifter that does the indexing.
David
David G. White Burlington, VT
chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
>If this is off-topic I'm sorry..I'm pressed for time
>on buying a "keeper of the flame" type bike
>with shimano SIS derailleurs. My question is
>(classic content incoming): are SIS
>derailleurs compatible with the older
>friction-type bar-end shifters, like Suntour bar-ends
>older Shimano bar-ends, or even
>Campagnolo bar-ends (classic content
>arrived), or must I use SIS shifters?
>
>Thanks very much for any
>clarification you can provide...please
>reply off-list as well as to the list.
>
>Charles "post-1984 shifting systems challenged" Andrews
>SoCal