Paul Mountain Thumbies Bar End Gear Lever Shifter Mounts - 22.2 mm Band On - Shimano Version

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Enabled me to swap the drop bars on my Dawes Galaxy for straights while retaining the use of the original bar-end shifters. Open jaw design means easier fitting / removal. Expensive but being made in the USA that is to be expected. Good quality and an excellent accessory.

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I bought these rather than JTEK or SJS cheaper alternatives as they project more from the bar and will sit over the top of a brake lever. In fact once they are fitted you end up moving them more centrally on the bar so that the levers do not intefere while braking, so maybe the cheaper ones would have been better. That said, these do have a distinct advantage in that they are open-jaw & can be removed without removing brake lever and grips and bar ends - this means that when I pack the bike to go on a plane the shifters can be detached from bar, hang free, and be wrapped in bubble-wrap, which should protect them nicely.

Quality is good, they do the job, sod those rapid-fire pods.

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My apologies for getting back to you so late, but before I could give proper feedback I had to do a few test rides. Everything else was very much okay. No complaints about your service either. They arrived sooner than expected, so nothing more to wish for.

The product itself: Damn good! They are very easy to fit and place the actual shifterpart in just the right place. Way better than the original Shimano thumbies, although it can't reach the ergonomic quality of the STI unit. It's also not as fast shifting as the modern STI units, but its super bombproof and will probably outlast every other shifter combo that's on the market today.

One advantage that's also worth mentioning is that it can make combinations of shifting parts from different brands work. For "walletary" reasons I use a mix of shifting parts from different brands like Shimano, SRAM and BBB. My former XT STI's did the job but not always that good. Now, combined with DuraAce timetrial shifters, it works absolutely flawless. (For globe travellers this info might come in handy also.)

But: If I had known that regular downtubeshifters also fit on these adaptors, I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of getting timetrial shifters. Maybe that's something worth mentioning on your website?

So, thanks SJS Cycles for the quick service and for a top product.

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A great solution if you want quality friction thumbshifters. You'll need the barcons too but they work and are athe elegant

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Made for those of use who want a bike with functioning practical parts, not something designed by NASA! Brilliant, simple, quality and made in USA.