Suntour Wishbone Shifters

[Tommy]

NOS from Marketplace, beautiful shifters.
I do not see them often, are they rare?

Tommy

 

[Pfennig]

wow, i've never even seen them before! Do they work just like thumbies, but with an extra knob on them??

 

[pete_mcc]

wow, i've never even seen them before! Do they work just like thumbies, but with an extra knob on them??

Similar but they sit under the bar rather than on top. They were an option on the XC-Pro/comp level groups around 1991/2 but were overlooked at Suntour was pushing the doomed X-press shifters. They were similar to the Mavic shifters that were around at the same time, which in turn were just rebranded Simplex shifters. Shimano even made some, but at a much lower price level and much later

They work really well and have a lovely solid feeling to them - I'm a fan of wishbones if you hadn't guessed.

 

[skolioza]

they are quite rare and very nice!
I'm also having a set, NOS, boxed with oryginal cables And I'm thinking if should I change this situation and use them some day

 

[jp]

Hi skolioza,

let me know if you fancy cashing in the wishbone shifters you mentioned, would love to buy a pair!

cheers
jp

 

[Tommy]

Shimano even made some, but at a much lower price level and much later

Which one?

Tommy

 

[pete_mcc]

Shimano even made some, but at a much lower price level and much later

Which one?

Tommy

God only knows, I just remember seeing a low end bike with Shimano Y levers. I'm not too good with low end crap so I didn't note down the model number.

 

[Tommy]

yep he knows a lot

Tommy

 

[pete_mcc]

yep he knows a lot

Tommy

Ha!

 

[MikeyC]

An old second hand bike I had BITD had these shifters on. Probably still got them somewhere. probably got the bike....... Another story!!

Micky