Band on shifters

Posted on Wed 16th, July 2014

• #1

Corky

Stupid question but I've a set of band-on gear shifters I want to fit to an old racing bike that I'm restoring - is it simply a matter of spreading the band until it fits over the down tube and the squeezing it back around the tube then fitting the nut and bolt ?
• #2

dr3wid

Yes, be careful not to scratch your frame though :D
• #3

Mr_Bump

you can always cut an old inner tube slightly narrower than the band and place it underneath near the end section where the bolt pulls in the clamp, that way you won't scratch the frame at all.

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