Gear levers for a mountain bike

Rex Manning

Hi guys,

looking for a bit of advice on gear levers. I picked up a cheap bike (a tenner!) and it's in bad shape. It had grip shift levers on it but both are in bits (hanging off cos the plastic is all broken). I was planning on sticking on some non-indexed cheapy old school levers but can't see any on ebay.

there's plenty of STI levers to be had for about a tenner but they all seem to be for 7 speed wheels. Would these work on a six speed wheel, and would it be a big job to set it up? It's been a while since I had to do anything like this, and the last time I did, my bike had the non-indexed type gears so not sure how you do the whole indexing thing to align the levers with the derailleur.

Any advice, tips, suggestions would be great! As the bike only cost a tenner I don't really want to spend a huge amount of money on getting components.

Thanks

Rex

Rex Manning

I'll give this a final cheeky bump before letting it slide back into oblivion

JMJR

where are you located?

Rex Manning

Scotland, fomerly of limerick tho so I've still kept up the boards habit despite the move!

SIX PACK

go into a bicycle shop £30 should cover the damage

Rex Manning

Cheers, thanks for that guys