Shimano Deore DX Shifters (STILL WANTED 10/12/11)

[Shaunsbike]

WANTED: Shimano deore DX shifters (trigger) V brake units,
(would also accept LH only)

Edit: 10/12/2011 - still wanted,

 

[RAFbikes]

Hello bud, Deore DX was only made up until 1992/3 so you won't find a DX rapid fire+ with a V brake lever, do you have a picture of the part you're trying to match?

 

[Shaunsbike]

yeah they are the shifter/lever combos. suppose to be for V brake, ?
but seems to work ok-ish with cantis here is a pic,

 

[RAFbikes]

Think you may have got it a bit mixed up bud, they're for cantilever brakes, as you have that set is it literally the shifter pod you need as one isn't working properly?

Staf.

 

[Shaunsbike]

No, the shifters are find, i just like them a lot, and want another set, or the LH at least, as they have a half/micro shift which i like, Thanks

 

[sylus]

Yup cantis...got em on my 93 bvse

although not deore I wonder if these would be anygood?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RETRO-DEORE-XT-LX ... 1c18d97a57

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Retro-Shimano-XT- ... 336477cd16

 

[coomber]

Have a set in ok condition, paint worn in places as per pics but functionally working. Left is complete, right has no shifter pod.

£6 posted?

 

[Shaunsbike]

hmm strange, they look nothing like the ones i have, or the ones in the pic, yet they are DX, does it have the half shift to move the mech slightly by shifting up slightly between full shifts? if it does il take them, these look like they are thumb/thumb rather than thumb up, finger down. Thanks

 

[drystonepaul]

The reason they are different is that yours are DX M-075 rapidfire plus shifters with the thumb and finger shifting paddles. These were available in 1993 only, as DX was dropped by Shimano in 1994.

The ones that Coomber is offering are the slightly earlier DX M-071 rapidfire shifters, which were available in 1991 and 1992. They and have both shifter paddles operated by the thumb.
This push-push design was largely regarded as badly flawed due to the high likelihood of hitting the wrong button. Hence the arrival of rapidfire plus with it's push-pull shifting in 1992 on XT and in 1993 on DX, LX and most of the other groupsets lower down the range.

Oh and pretty much every brake lever up until 1996 was designed for cantilever brakes.

 

[Shaunsbike]

bump

still looking now and then for them