Mounting DT Shifters on a Quill Stem - Cable Stop Issue

[ckamp]

Hello,

I am trying to get some Dura Ace 7402 downtube shifters on a quill stem to work. Mounting them is not an issue but shifting is. I need to find some type of quill stem cable stops, if they exist. Any tips or other ideas?


Also, I know you can get the old friction shifters that mount to a quill stem, but I want indexing.

Thanks for the help,

[oliver1850]

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[eddief]

http://aebike.com/product/problem-solvers-dual-cable-backstop-1-1-8-28.6-sku-br5454-qc30.htm

[oliver1850]

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[oliver1850]

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[Kontact]

Why not just use Paul's Thumbies for road bars or Kelly Take-Offs? Stem shifters suck - top mounts can be put really close to the stem and are easier to use.

7400 shifters will work fine - they have the same mounting post as the bar ends Paul designed around.

http://www.paulcomp.com/images/rdthumbied1full.png


Otherwise, there were plenty of 6 speed indexed stem shifters made by Shimano and Suntour. Find one of those rather than spending a mint trying to do something terrible with a DA shifter.

[ckamp]

Yeah I was thinking of the VO thumbies for my VO handlebar but they are $50.00 and I still want to mount them on the stem.

I might have to make my own with the welder if I want indexing 8 speed.

[fiataccompli]

Are some of the older (I'm thinking maybe Suntour or Campagnolo Nuovo Record from the '70s) clamp-on downtube shifter brackets made where you could remove the levers and mount your DA levers? (I have several bikes with these & maybe a set laying around I can check...but then again, if you can do that, maybe you can do the same thing with a Shimano or Suntour stem shifter bracket and it would be even easier). Interesting question - I'd like to hear what you end up coming up with.