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I have to ask - what d'ye all be doing with ye're shifters??

  • 18-10-2011 7:57pm
    #1
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭


    Before I came on this site, I'd say if I had a spare shifter, I'd have thrown it in a box in the shed somewhere, and probably eventually fired it in the bin, I mean who the hell would want to buy one of them right?

    Mother of jaysus, I'm constantly amazed at the trade in levers and shifters that goes on, it seems nothing shifts like a shifter on here.:)

    So, again, I have to ask, what in the name of God d'ye be doing with them, and what's happening all the old ones? :rolleyes:


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  • #2
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    They're being shifted.


  • #3
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,971 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    They're being shifted.

    All a bit shifty if you ask me.:pac:


  • #4
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Hmm...quite...


  • #5
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    people crash bikes.people let their bikes fall. usually first point of contact with the ground is either crank or shifter.


  • #6
    funkyjebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭funkyjebus


    Simple, people of various levels of kit are upgrading their drivetrain bit by bit, hence they might buy an ultegra and sell their old tiagra to recoup some of the cost.....like i did.

    It makes sense if you think about, we're not all made of dura-ace money.


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  • #7
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    Sometimes they just break.The 105 5600 left shifter has always a had a problem. I've replaced it twice, and since then I had an ebay search setup to email me in case any cheap ones came up. Luckily I've managed to not break any in over 2 years now.
    The problem is they only made a triple 5600 shifter, and and it's possible to try to shift up when you are already in the big ring. If you do it with enough force, something breaks inside.


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Explosive_Cornflake wrote: »
    The problem is they only made a triple 5600 shifter, and and it's possible to try to shift up when you are already in the big ring. If you do it with enough force, something breaks inside.
    The FD-5600 is a 105 shifter for a double/compact crankset. I have one on my bike. The FD-5603 is for a triple.

    The 5601 will also do, but fnck me they're expensive.


  • #9
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    seamus wrote: »
    The FD-5600 is a 105 shifter for a double/compact crankset. I have one on my bike. The FD-5603 is for a triple.

    The 5601 will also do, but fnck me they're expensive.

    Hmmm, I was wrong so. Never noticed them before.


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