Viking Retroadie fixup

[T4tomo]

yes the ones on my old peugeot (friction both sides, and much prettier) tighten up with thumb screws. That second pic confirms it. if you dont have them tight enough you can get a phantom change over a bumpy road.

re post above - I think there are cheap replica copies, but yes downtube shifters went from being purely friction to indexed around late 80's and only later came integrated brake and shifters. Bar end shifters , stem mounted shifters, friction and then indexed were / are also around.

spa cycles and others sell a range of modern equivalents as bar end especially are still popular, especially with the touring crowd

 

[Deleted member 1258]

yes the ones on my old peugeot (friction both sides, and much prettier) tighten up with thumb screws. That second pic confirms it. if you dont have them tight enough you can get a phantom change over a bumpy road.

re post above - I think there are cheap replica copies, but yes downtube shifters went from being purely friction to indexed around late 80's and only later came integrated brake and shifters. Bar end shifters , stem mounted shifters, friction and then indexed were / are also around.

spa cycles and others sell a range of modern equivalents as bar end especially are still popular, especially with the touring crowd

Yes, I remember going from friction to indexed, for a long time I ran six speed with a 7 speed indexed down tube shifter and rear mech, used the inside limit screw to blank off the bottom gear on the system.

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

only later came integrated brake and shifters

They came in around 1991/1992. Bar ends had been around for some time as friction only. They became indexed and were/are very popular with tri bar users. IIRC they only ever made Dura Ace bar end indexed shifters. But I think now there are lower grade versions.

 

[Twilkes]

Again, I've never worked with a quill stem before - how much could it likely be raised by and still be safe? Rider might be finding the riding position a bit low.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Again, I've never worked with a quill stem before - how much could it likely be raised by and still be safe? Rider might be finding the riding position a bit low.

There should be a mark on it showing the maximum height, usually a line.

 

[Ajax Bay]

how much could [the quill stem] likely be raised by and still be safe?

There should be a mark on it showing the maximum height, usually a line.

|||||||| MINIMUM ||||||| Must be (out-of-sight) below the top of the threaded steerer tube.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

|||||||| MINIMUM ||||||| Must be (out-of-sight) below the top of the threaded steerer tube.

A minimum insertion mark? If you can see that mark you've got the minimum amount of stem inserted in the steerer?

 

[C R]

A minimum insertion mark? If you can see that mark you've got the minimum amount of stem inserted in the steerer?

That's right. If you can see the mark the stem is too far out.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's right. If you can see the mark the stem is too far out.

Yes, I thought it was, its been a long time since I used a quill stem.