I did something foolish yesterday, and brought my bike inside out of -10C weather, then back again. When I went to ride it a bit later, the left barcon was very stiff, and would not shift.
I disassembled it, and there were two pieces broken off the round end off the lever itself - possibly by ice.
At any rate, can I replace this lever with one from a down-tube set, or are bar-con levers unique? These are 7-speed Shimano levers, but as the left one is friction only, I'm hoping it's fairly universal.
"Brian Huntley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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the left barcon was very stiff, and would not shift.
can I replace this lever with one from a down-tube set, or
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are bar-con levers unique? These are 7-speed Shimano levers, but as the left one is friction only, I'm hoping it's fairly universal.
I have done what you intend to. I used Shimano indexing barcon housings and used a frcition shifter. Rivendell now sells these "pods", and mostly any lever works with them.
I don't think you'll have a problem at all. Even wierd Mavic friction shift levers fit on my Shimano "pod".
