Re: [CR]Campagnolo bar-end shifters: geek question

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From: "Howard Darr" <hdarr@localnet.com>
To: "HM & SS Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>, <chasds@mindspring.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, <mitchell@gassworks.com>
References: <42533253.5030601@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo bar-end shifters: geek question
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 21:45:48 -0400
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There was a product that was black plastic and non flashy. The brand might have been diablo. I think there are a few left at the bike shop I wrench at. No adjusters and really minimal.

Howard Darr
Clymer PA


----- Original Message -----
From: HM & SS Sachs
To: chasds@mindspring.com


<mitchell@gassworks.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: [CR]Campagnolo bar-end shifters: geek question


> Chas. Andrews asked about cable stops for bar-ends on vintage bikes, and
> Mitchell Gass responded:
>
> "I don't remember when they came out, but there were small chromed steel
> housing stops that threaded into the shifter bosses. They were aftermarket
> bits; I believe mine came from Palo Alto Bicycles. They didn't cover the
> bosses or have adjusters for cable tension. Not terribly elegant, but they
> did work."
>
> I have never seen those fittings, but I faced the problem with my early
> 70s Hetchins Spyder, which came with DT braze-ons; I wanted to install
> bar-ends. Here are three alternatives:
>
> 1) Cheat. Use modern DT boss covers with adjusting barrels. That's what
> I've done for now, and I think it looks great. Just don't mention it to
> the Cirque Judge.
>
> 2) Fudge. Use the proper Campgranola double cable DT stop, but rotate it a
> bit so one cable goes over the DB boss and the other passes under it.
>
> 3) Create. Look in your spares bin for old DT lever assemblies which came
> with cable stops. Take these off and mount the backing plates on the
> square parts of the braze-ons. I'm pretty sure that Simplex (with the
> wonderful mini-adjusting barrels) and Campy both have the right size boss.
> Of course, you'll have to swap right for left to get the cable stops
> pointing in the right direction, but this isn't rocket science. Space it
> out with a stack of washers... I'd guess, but haven't checked, that rear
> hub spacers would do, or hardware store stuff, or whatever, capped with
> something to hold them in place and the original tension adjusting screw.
> This approach appeals to the funkmeister in me, and would be absolutely
> "righteous" in the sense of using parts of the right era.
>
> harvey "scrooginess is the mother of substitution" sachs
> mcLean va