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Old 03-29-2019, 08:49 AM
mtechnica mtechnica is offline
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Originally Posted by rccardr View Post
I'm in for my fourth time, riding a Davidson. Hoping to do the long route this year but if I can't shake this head cold, will do the Coastal instead.



Curious about which non-DA indexed shifters you're using on your Merckx that work well with a 740X RD.
They are 9 speed dura ace shifters and the RD is 7402 I believe. I don’t know why they work but the indexing is perfect. I’ve tried the matching 8 speed shifters and they didn’t index that well, and didn’t hold a gear in friction. These ones also don’t like to hold in friction and neither did the simplex retrofrictions I tried. I’ve never had issues with downtube shifters until this bike.
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