thumbshifters

Just been browsing through ebay uk, and noticed a few sets of thumbshifters incase theres any retro
boys in britain out there looking for some. a pair of suntour accushift and a pair of new deore dx
7's stand out. ahhhhhh remember the simplicity of it all )

"John.w" <j.jtw@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Just been browsing through ebay uk, and noticed a few sets of thumbshifters incase theres any
> retro boys in britain out there looking for some. a pair of suntour accushift and a pair of new
> deore dx 7's stand out. ahhhhhh remember the simplicity of it all )

MMMM.... thumbshifters.....

If I could have Shimano build any one custom part for me, it would be a set of 9 speed thumbshifters
( and probably a pair of ten speed ones too for the next generation of cassettes surely to come )

WiScottsin wrote:
> "John.w" <j.jtw@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:f181ae0c.0306280806.28d22862@posting.google.com...
>
>>Just been browsing through ebay uk, and noticed a few sets of thumbshifters incase theres any
>>retro boys in britain out there looking for some. a pair of suntour accushift and a pair of new
>>deore dx 7's stand out. ahhhhhh remember the simplicity of it all )
>
>
> MMMM.... thumbshifters.....
>
> If I could have Shimano build any one custom part for me, it would be a set of 9 speed
> thumbshifters ( and probably a pair of ten speed ones too for the next generation of cassettes
> surely to come )
>
>
A solution: http://www.forge-mtb.com/shifters.as...alog=FORGEMTBF

"Marcus Coles" <marcoles@ody.ca> wrote in message news:PjkLa.25812$PD3.92674@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> WiScottsin wrote:
> > "John.w" <j.jtw@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:f181ae0c.0306280806.28d22862@posting.google.com...
> >
> >>Just been browsing through ebay uk, and noticed a few sets of thumbshifters incase theres any
> >>retro boys in britain out there looking for some. a pair of suntour accushift and a pair of new
> >>deore dx 7's stand out. ahhhhhh remember the simplicity of it all )
> >
> >
> > MMMM.... thumbshifters.....
> >
> > If I could have Shimano build any one custom part for me, it would be a
set
> > of 9 speed thumbshifters ( and probably a pair of ten speed ones too for
the
> > next generation of cassettes surely to come )
> >
> >
> A solution: http://www.forge-mtb.com/shifters.as...alog=FORGEMTBF

These are what we have needed for years and years. I'm going to buy a set as soon as I can find a
US dealer.

Barry

>>http://www.forge-mtb.com/shifters.as...alog=FORGEMTBF
>
>
> These are what we have needed for years and years. I'm going to buy a set as soon as I can find a
> US dealer.
>
> Barry
>
>

I had seen pictures of the prototype last year and thought they looked like a great idea, but
dismissed it since very few good ideas ever make it to production.

Then last week somebody on the http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-bob email list
mentioned them as available and not too expensive.

I've never done business with Forge, but generally speaking doing business directly with UK
suppliers is not too much of a hassle. They do speak a variation of the English language

Marcus