I have the same issue with a 9 speed bar end. It's been in a bucket of
turpentine for a couple of weeks and it's still gummed up. Some suggested
that it was something mechanical, but I have played with it incessantly and
I don't think it is mechanical. So apparently it's now a throwaway item.
I have an almost brand new set of Ultegra 8spd bar end shifters that I'd
sell you. I used them on my Sam for only a couple of days before deciding I
didn't care for indexed shifting and preferred the ratios of a 7spd
cassette I had better anyway. In fact, I suppose I have a practically new
Well, I had planned to run these 8-speed shifters on the Paul
thumbies...which lets me switch between index and fiction.
I'm usually in friction.
But since they aren't working, I've mounted some cheapie Falcon shifters
that I bought from Riv years ago. Haven't run the cables yet, but they
