It's a ladies Carlton Courette 531 mixte, had a long cage that wasn't appropriate as you couldn't even get the original chain to wrap the small c/ring with the 28T sprocket, the shifter is a basic Shimano 5 speed Indexed thumb/finger job that were fitted to cheaper MTBs.
I tried with a nice Tiagra 4600 but it's just a fraction off when it gets to the 28 and when I adjust other way it skips from 5th to 3rd, I've got a NOS Huret Eco but it doesn't have an adjuster and not sure if there isn't actually something wrong with it as it sits at a bit of an odd angle when fitted, there isn't an adjuster on the shifter either and no option for friction mode. The Huret looks wise and capacity is bob on but would like something in similar with a cable adjuster on it
I've seen an inexpensive short cage Suntour ARX but that has no adjuster either, what other Suntour models would work, have an adjuster and be plain silver/chrome? It has to be shiny silver so that limits me with Shimano offerings without it getting expensive.
TIA
I tried with a nice Tiagra 4600 but it's just a fraction off when it gets to the 28 and when I adjust other way it skips from 5th to 3rd, I've got a NOS Huret Eco but it doesn't have an adjuster and not sure if there isn't actually something wrong with it as it sits at a bit of an odd angle when fitted, there isn't an adjuster on the shifter either and no option for friction mode. The Huret looks wise and capacity is bob on but would like something in similar with a cable adjuster on it
I've seen an inexpensive short cage Suntour ARX but that has no adjuster either, what other Suntour models would work, have an adjuster and be plain silver/chrome? It has to be shiny silver so that limits me with Shimano offerings without it getting expensive.
TIA
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