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Date: 15 Oct 2007 13:05:34
From: doug thomas
Subject: 7 Speed Shifters Wearing Out
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I have a ten year old Norco Alteres - a very nice drop bar hybrid with
Shimano gearing - 7 speed. My rear handle bar shifter is wearing out - It no
longer down shifts and I have to replace it.
My local lbs says that they can not replace 7 speed shifters - Does anyone
know what I can use in place of 7 speed shifter, or if something else will
work in its place for SIS shifting.
Thank you
Doug Thomas
Welland, Ontario
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Date: 16 Oct 2007 06:40:02
From: NickP
Subject: Re: 7 Speed Shifters Wearing Out
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Replace the worn out shifter with a 9-speed shifter, buy an 11-32 9-speed
cassette, discard the 11t cog from the cassette, giving a 12-32, and as
9-speed cogs are more closely spaced than your existing 7-speed cogs, the
remaining 8 cogs will fit perfectly on your 7-speed hub. Your existing
7-speed rear derailleur will work perfectly when indexing with a 9-speed
cassette and shifter.
Nick
"doug thomas" <thomform@iaw.on.ca > wrote in message
news:LLmdndeCLe1SAI7anZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@golden.net...
>I have a ten year old Norco Alteres - a very nice drop bar hybrid with
>Shimano gearing - 7 speed. My rear handle bar shifter is wearing out - It
>no longer down shifts and I have to replace it.
>
> My local lbs says that they can not replace 7 speed shifters - Does anyone
> know what I can use in place of 7 speed shifter, or if something else will
> work in its place for SIS shifting.
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Date: 16 Oct 2007 06:49:51
From: NickP
Subject: Re: 7 Speed Shifters Wearing Out
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p.s. Chain will need replacing as well with a 9-speed chain...
"NickP" <someone@nowhere.au > wrote in message
news:13h7k13p0l8d4c9@corp.supernews.com...
> Replace the worn out shifter with a 9-speed shifter, buy an 11-32 9-speed
> cassette, discard the 11t cog from the cassette, giving a 12-32, and as
> 9-speed cogs are more closely spaced than your existing 7-speed cogs, the
> remaining 8 cogs will fit perfectly on your 7-speed hub. Your existing
> 7-speed rear derailleur will work perfectly when indexing with a 9-speed
> cassette and shifter.
>
> Nick
>
> "doug thomas" <thomform@iaw.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:LLmdndeCLe1SAI7anZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@golden.net...
>>I have a ten year old Norco Alteres - a very nice drop bar hybrid with
>>Shimano gearing - 7 speed. My rear handle bar shifter is wearing out - It
>>no longer down shifts and I have to replace it.
>>
>> My local lbs says that they can not replace 7 speed shifters - Does
>> anyone know what I can use in place of 7 speed shifter, or if something
>> else will work in its place for SIS shifting.
>
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Date: 15 Oct 2007 10:38:23
From: Hank Wirtz
Subject: Re: 7 Speed Shifters Wearing Out
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On Oct 15, 10:05 am, "doug thomas" <thomf...@iaw.on.ca > wrote:
> I have a ten year old Norco Alteres - a very nice drop bar hybrid with
> Shimano gearing - 7 speed. My rear handle bar shifter is wearing out - It no
> longer down shifts and I have to replace it.
>
> My local lbs says that they can not replace 7 speed shifters - Does anyone
> know what I can use in place of 7 speed shifter, or if something else will
> work in its place for SIS shifting.
>
> Thank you
>
> Doug Thomas
> Welland, Ontario
By "handle bar shifter" does that mean bar-end, STI, or stem mount?
7-speed Sora STIs are still available through QBP, part #LD3336. About
$120 for the set.
But before doing that, Try flushing the guts of the lever out with
WD-40. That's given many STI levers a temporary reprieve.
If you have bar-ends, just get the 8-speed ones. Their spacing is
close enough to work with 7-speed systems.
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