Retrofitting downtube shifters

redddraggon
redddraggon Posts: 10,862
edited June 2008 in Workshop
I'm about to renovate my Carrera Virtuoso, and make it into a proper commuter. I've currently got 2200s STIs which I don't like too much and as I'm on a budget I'll put on 8spd dt shifters that I can get for around £20.

The problem is that I don't have a braze ons for downtube shifters, are there any decent bodges I can do?
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  • alan_sherman
    alan_sherman Posts: 1,157
    Bar end shifters. But as a commuter flat bars and MTB shifters.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    alan sherman wrote:
    Bar end shifters. But as a commuter flat bars and MTB shifters.

    I considered flat bars, but I don't really get on with them. And bar ends look a bit ghey on drops - I did consider TT bars, but I think it's a bit over the top for a commuter/light tourer.
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  • sps137
    sps137 Posts: 247
    you can get band on mounts for between £2 and £5 on ebay.
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    sps137 wrote:
    you can get band on mounts for between £2 and £5 on ebay.

    Check the frame first, though - usually the band-on mounts only fit old-school round down tubes. May have to be the bar-end option for oversized and/or profiled tubes.

    David
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