Bar end shifters

[Mike]

I like my new ride now so looking to upgrade the old ultegra shifters.. any nice ones out there u can recommend that i can use non indexed?? I cant remember the us brand i liked the look of either.

[jameso]

Any Shimano road bar-enders if it's for friction shifting - 8 or 9s should be cheap now?

[pistonbroke]

Dia Compe? I've fitted these to Tri bikes and they seem solid.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifte ... n-control/

[Bearbonesnorm]

Yep,as Duncan says ... they're very nice and will work with owt.

[Mike]

It came to me... paul engineering thumbies but not sure that they are what i need :0?

[johnnystorm]

Not as flash as Paul's but my Microshift's have lasted well and sustained plenty of rough treatment and drops!

Edit: Microshift, not Microsoft despite the autocorrect insistence!

[Mike]

Which model are they nige??

[Bearbonesnorm]

paul engineering thumbies

I thought you wanted bar end shifters?

[Mike]

arent these the same thing just more bling

[techno]

arent these the same thing just more bling

thumbies are flat bar mounts for bar end shifters: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares ... o-version/

[restlessshawn]

arent these the same thing just more bling

thumbies are flat bar mounts for bar end shifters: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares ... o-version/

Have had paul's in the past but now have these, which are much cheaper

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares ... ars-black/

I actually prefer them as the lever sits closer to the bar which I find easier. But yeah they are thumbshifters made from bar end shifters.

[BigdummySteve]

Mike I’m running a microshift barend on SRAM Eagle 12 speed, nice kit and a great dropbar solution

[johnnystorm]

Which model are they nige??

Whichever come as as standard on my Fargo. I have the flat bar versions on my moonlander. I believe they do 9, 10, 11 speed as well as the Eagle ones mentioned above.

[gairym]

Mike I’m running a microshift barend on SRAM Eagle 12 speed, nice kit and a great dropbar solution

Here's my solution:



Even assuming you spend an appropriate amount of time on the drop (as almost nobody does) you've still got to weigh up the proportion of time you spend on the flat bar / hoods vs the drops and (in my case for sure) that'll usually mean that it simply makes more sense to have a shifter where it usually is on an mtb as opposed to the brake lever or as an end cap.

But I'm aware that I'm fighting as losing battle on this one.....

[stevenshand]

What are you hoping to gain by ditching the Ultegra? If I was speccing a new bike with bar-end shifters, Ultegra would be my first choice. If I couldn't get them then the older Dura-Ace (BS-77??) would be next (or maybe even first).

Steven

[BigdummySteve]

Mike I’m running a microshift barend on SRAM Eagle 12 speed, nice kit and a great dropbar solution

Here's my solution:



Even assuming you spend an appropriate amount of time on the drop (as almost nobody does)

Finally recognition for being an almost nobody

[gairym]

You're welcome!

[Mike]

Hmmm . Maybe ill just keep these as they work, was hoping for some new shinny ones