Vintage Components - SunTour shift levers

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SunTour Downtube & Stem shifters: Superbe braze-on shifters | Superbe braze-on shifters set #2 | Superbe Power Control braze-on shifters | Superbe Pro Aero braze-on friction downtube shifters | LD-1000 Braze-on downtube friction shifters | LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifters | Blue Line LD-2200 braze-on downtube shifters | Blue Line clamp-on shifters | ARX braze-on shifters | ARX clamp-on shifters | Cyclone black band-on friction shifters | Cyclone braze-on downtube shifters | Cyclone left black shift lever | Power Shifters, clamp-on | Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shifters | Edge Accushift 6-speed braze-on downtube shifters | Accushift 6-speed right braze-on downtube lever | Accushift 6-speed right braze-on downtube shift lever #2 | Wishbone 7-speed Accushift bar mount shifters | IPC 7-speed braze-on downtube braze-on shifters | Accushift Plus 7-speed clamp-on down-tube shifters | SLS-GPX90-B 7-speed braze-on shifters | SL 7-speed SL00-B braze-on shifters | SL left SL-SL00-B braze-on downtube shifter | FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifters | Accushift Edge 7-speed braze-on downtube shifters | Accushift Edge 7-speed right braze-on, downtube shifter | Accushift right, rear downtube, braze-on friction shifter | 7-speed clamp-on down-tube shifters | Radius 7-speed braze-on downtube shifters | 7-speed indexed stem shifters | Symmetric MK-2 downtube shifters | LD-1000 downtube clamp-on friction levers | VX clamp-on shifters

Next-to-brake lever shifters: Command 6 & 7-speed shifters, Version 1

Thumbshifters: XC Ltd 7-speed thumbshifters | X-Press 7-speed thumbshifters

Twist grip shifters: MT 8-speed MD Twist Grip Shifters

Also: Downtube cable stops for frames with braze-ons

We also have SunTour Fingertip (Barcon) shifters posted here.

See also: SunTour rear derailleurs | SunTour front derailleurs

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About our SunTour Accushift shift levers: SunTour Accushifters are one-piece units, with built-in shift plates. The shift plates are a hybrid design, made to fit both steel standard sized tubing that would typically need flat shift plates, as well as oversized alloy frames that usually need curved plates. They are a precise fit and difficult to remove from the shifter boss. I recommend using anti-seize when installing them.

For those without mounting plates, I can add them as needed, for either traditional round steel tubes or oversize aluminum tubes.

The number of speeds indicated is the maximum, as they can do a lesser number of speeds as well.

Also: Index dowtube shifters also have a friction mode.

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SunTour Superbe braze-on downtube friction shift levers.

We believe this is an early version of SunTour Superbe shifters

We have two sets: #1 | #2

SunTour Superbe braze-on downtube friction shift levers set #1. Barely used, $80.00/set

Part# SL-203

In lovely condition

From the back

SunTour Superbe braze-on downtube friction shift levers set #2. Used, $80.00/set

Part# SL-203-02

• This lever set comes with cables.
• The wing bolts do not match.

The levers with cables.

Just the levers.

The backs of the levers

Side view.

The other sides of the levers

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SunTour Superbe Braze-on downtube shifters. Lightly used, $80.00

Part# SL-213

Lightly used

And from the back

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SunTour Superbe Power Control braze-on downtube shift levers. Used, $80.00/set

Nice, clean design.

The backs of the levers.

Side view

Front and back of the levers.

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Superbe Pro Aero LD-3850 braze-on friction downtube shifters. Used, $100.00/set

Part #SL-209

• Produced in 1985
• This shifter set uses a braze-on on the top of the downtube like a Symmetric shifter.

Top view

From the side

The levers turned around

The levers flipped over

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SunTour LD-1000 Braze-on downtube friction shifters. Used, $35.00/set

Part# SL-231

Front view

The backs of the evers

From the side

Front and back of the levers.

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SunTour LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifters. Used

We have three sets: #2 | #3 | #4

SunTour LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifter set #2. Used, $25.00/set

Part# SL-230-02

Classic, simple clamp-on friction shift lever set.

The back of the shift set

Side view

The levers turned around.

SunTour LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifter set #3. Used, $25.00/set

Part# SL-230-03

Front side

The back of the lever set

Side view

The leers turned around.

SunTour LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifter set #4. Used, $25.00/set

Part# SL-230-04

Front view

The back of the lever set

From the side

And here's the other side.

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SunTour Blue Line LD-2200 braze-on downtube friction shifters. Used

Produced in the late 1970s - early 1980s

We have two sets: #1 | #2

SunTour Blue Line LD-2200 braze-on downtube friction shifter set #1. Used. $60.00/set

Part# SL-100

From the front

And from the back.

SunTour Blue Line LD-2200 braze-on downtube friction shifter set #2. Used. $40.00/set

Part# SL-100-02

Here's the set.

The backs of the shfiters

Side view

The levers turned over

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SunTour Blue Line clamp-on downtube friction shifters. Used, $50.00/set

Part# SL-100-CLMP

Produced in the late 1970s - early 1980s

Front view

From a slightly different angle

From the back.

And here's a side view.

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SunTour ARX braze-on friction shifters. Used

• Produced mid to late 1980s

We have two sets: #1 | #2

SunTour ARX braze-on friction shifter set #1. Used, $50.00/set

ARX parts were simple and functioned well.

Here are the levers turned over.

Side view

SunTour ARX braze-on friction shifter set #2. Used, $35.00/set

The set of shifters

Side view of the levers assembled.

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SunTour ARX clamp-on friction shifters. Used

• Produced mid to late 1980s

We have two sets: #1 | #2

SunTour ARX clamp-on friction shifter set #1. Used, $25.00/set

The lever set

The back of the lever set.

Side view

And here's the other side of the shifters.

SunTour ARX clamp-on friction shifter set #2. Used, $25.00/set

In lovely condition after all these years.

The back of the lever set.

Side view

And from the other side.

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SunTour Cyclone black band-on friction shifters. Used, $100.00/set

• Produced in the early 1980s.
• SunTour part# LD-1600

Here's a close-up

Here are the same levers flipped over.

Side view of the shifters.

And here's the other side

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SunTour Cyclone braze-on downtube shift levers. Used, $35.00/set

Part# SL-205-02

Front view of the lever set

The backs of the levers

 

Side view

The other sides of the levers.

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SunTour Cyclone left black shift lever. Used, $20.00/each

Front

The back of the lever.

Side view

The other side of the lever.

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SunTour LD-1500 clamp-on ratcheted Power Shifter. Used, $50.00

• Friction shifter with micro-ratchet mechanism.
• It is hard to pin down exactly when these fine levers were first produced, but it might be 1975. They were the shifters on that year's Fuji Professional. Production continued into the 1980s.

These were revolutionary when they came out.

Side view

From the other side

From behind

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SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers. Used

• As with all SunTour downtube index shifters, these levers also have a friction mode.
• SunTour SL-3040 is often incorrectly labeled as Blaze, which is a grey, not a polished finish.

We have 6 sets: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #1, with cables. Used, $35.00/set

The set with cables.

Side view

The backs of the levers.

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #2. Used, $35.00/set

The lever set.

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The levers turned around

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #3. Used, $35.00/set

The set

The backs of the levers

Side view

The other sides of the levers

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #4. Used, $35.00/set

The lever set.

The backs of the levers

Side view

The levers turned around to show their other sides

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #5. Used, $35.00/set

Fronts of the levers

The backs of the levers

Side view

The other sides of the levers

SunTour Accushift 6-speed SL-3040-BS braze-on downtube shift levers #6. Used, $35.00/set

Front side

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The levers turned around

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SunTour Edge Accushift 6-speed braze-on downtube shift levers. New, take off, $35.00/set

Part# SL-4050-BS

These came off a new bike during a parts change.

Fronts of the levers

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The levers turned around

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SunTour Accushift 6-speed right/rear braze-on downtube shift lever for 5000, 7000 & 9000 derailleurs. Used, $35.00/each

The lever

The back of the lever

Side view

The other side of the lever

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SunTour Accushift 6-speed right/rear braze-on downtube shift lever #2. Used, $25.00/each

Part #SL-3040-BS

The lever

The back of the lever.

Side view

The other side of the lever.

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SunTour Wishbone 7-speed Accushift handlebar mount shifters. New, $50.00/set

Part# 70291

• Produced 1993 & 1994
• About these shifters, SunTour said: The Wishbone features a unique Y-shaped lever that allows the riders to make shifts ergonomically without removing their hands from the grips. It also features Multi-Mount positioning, making personalized anatomical placement of controls possible for the rider. It improves brake lever handling, too. Wishbone levers also allow for customized brake lever positioning.
• It is our understanding that these shifters are Accushift Index only and they do not have a friction mode.

New, in their factory packaging.

Here are the parts in the bag.

Here are just the levers.

Here are the levers turned over.

The levers will come with instructions.

The ID slip with more part numbers that comes with the levers.

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SunTour IPC 7-speed braze-on downtube indexed braze-on shift levers. Used, $85.00/set

Part #SL-IPOO-B

• In friction mode these shifters will work on 5 to 7-speed systems.
• Produced in 1990 when Superbe Pro was still friction-only. These were the best indexed levers offered by SunTour. Power Control front compatible. Superbe was indexed in 1991 and the IPC lever set was no longer offered.

The lever set.

The backs of the levers, showing some of the shifter internal parts.

Side view

The other sides of the levers.

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SunTour Accushift Plus 7-speed clamp-on down-tube shifters. New old stock. $40.00

Part# 70110-AC

We have 7 boxed sets in stock.

With cables, hardware and original packaging.

Another view

They are new, in the box.

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SunTour SLS-GPX90-B 7-speed braze-on downtube shifters. New, $65.00/set

Part# 70129

The set: shifters, cables and rear derailleur chainstay housing.

Here they are in their factory package.

Just the levers.

Side view

Both levers' outsides

The levers flipped around.

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SunTour SL 7-speed SL00-B braze-on downtube shifters. New, $90.00/set

Part# 70108, SL-208

Produced 1991 - 1994.

News levers with cables.

Just the levers

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The other sides of the levers

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SunTour SL Left/front SL-SL00-B braze-on downtube shift lever. Used, $25.00/each

Front view

The back of the lever

From the side.

The other side of the lever

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SunTour FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifters. Used

We have four sets: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4

SunTour FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifter set #1. Used, $40.00/set

Here's the set.

The back of the levers.

Side view

The other sides of the levers.

SunTour FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifter set #2. Used, $40.00/set

Nicely finished

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The levers turned around.

SunTour FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifter set #3. Used, $40.00/set

Front side

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The other sides of the levers

SunTour FS-E 7-speed SL-ED00-B7 braze-on downtube shifter set #4. Used, $40.00/set

Front view

The backs of the levers.

From the side

The other sides of the levers

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SunTour 7-speed Accushift Edge downtube, braze-on shifter set. Used, $40.00/set

Part# SL-ED00-B7

The Accushift 7-speed lever set

The backs of the levers

Side view

The levers turned around

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SunTour 7-speed Accushift Edge right, rear braze-on, downtube shifter. Used, $25.00/each

Part# SL-ED00-B7

The lever

The back of the lever

Side view

The other side of the lever.

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SunTour Accushift right, rear downtube, braze-on friction shift lever. Used, $15.00/each

This lever does not index. It can be used as a friction lever or for parts.

Doesn't index, but good as a friction lever or as a source for repair parts.

The back of the lever

Side view

The other side of the lever

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SunTour 7-speed clamp-on down-tube shifters. New old stock. $35.00

Part# 70110

• With cables & housing
• We have two sets

Just the shift levers in this picture

They are new, in the bag.

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SunTour Radius 7-speed braze-on downtube shifter set. Used.

We have two sets: #1 | #2

SunTour Radius 7-speed braze-on downstube shifter set #1. Used, $40.00/set

Part# SL-RA00-B-01

The levers

The backs of the levers.

Side view

The other sides of the leers.

SunTour Radius 7-speed braze-on downstube shifter set #2. Used, $40.00/set

Part# SL-RA00-B-02

Front view

The backs of the levers

From the side.

The levers turned around

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SunTour 7-speed indexed stem shifters

We have them two ways: New | Lightly used

• Perfect for restoring that mid-range city bike

SunTour Blaze 7-speed indexed stem shifters. New, $30.00/set

Part# 70303

• We have five sets in stock

New, in their factory package

Here are the parts in the bag set out.

Just the shifters

Here are the levers turned 180 degrees.

Side view

Here are the part numbers

SunTour 7-speed indexed stem shifters. Lightly used. $25.00/set

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Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube shifters.

• SunTour part number LD-2300
• Produced early 1980s.
• The friction levers for braze-on mount require a single water-bottle type braze-on to mount them.
• This lever set has some serious fans because as the right lever shifted the rear derailleur, an internal cam moved the left lever, automatically trimming the front derailleur, usually eliminating front derailleur chain rub.

Clamp-on | Braze-on

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners. Used.

We have five sets: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #1. Used. $50.00

With clamp for downtube. Does not need special downtube braze-on.

Top side

Side view, showing the downtube clamp ring.

Angled view of the back of the shifters.

The back of the shifter set.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #2. Used. $50.00

With clamp for downtube. Does not need special downtube braze-on.

Top view

Side view

The back of the shifter set.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #3. Used. $50.00

With clamp for downtube. Does not need special downtube braze-on.

Top view.

Side view.

From the other side

The back of the lever set.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #4. Used. $50.00

With clamp for downtube. Does not need special downtube braze-on.

Top view.

The back of the lever set.

Side view

The levers from the other side.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube clamp-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #5. Used. $40.00

• With clamp for downtube. Does not need special downtube braze-on.
• These levers have a replacement fastening bolt.

Front view

The shift lever set from the back.

From the side.

From the other side.

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Suntour Symmetric MK-II braze-on shifters. Used.

We have two kinds, shifters with Allen Bolt tensioners and shifter sets with D-ring tensioners: Shifters w/Allen bolt tensioners | Shifters w/D-Ring tensioners

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters with Allen bolt tensioners

We have four sets: #1 | #3 | #5 | #6 , Plus: MK-II LD-2350

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #1. Used. $30.00

The lever set sits on top of the downtube. Note we have the special allen fixing bolt.

From the bottom, showing the cam mechanism that trims the front derailleur.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #3. Used. $30.00

Top view

From the side

The other side of the levers/

The levers flipped over.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #5. Used. $30.00

Top view

From the side

The other side of the levers

The levers flipped over.

Suntour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters w/Allen Bolt Tensioners, set #6. Used. $30.00

Top of the levers

Side view

The levers turned around to show their other side.

The levers flipped over.

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SunTour Symmetric MK-II braze-on shifters with D-Ring tensioners: #1

SunTour Symmetric MK-II downtube braze-on shifters w/D-Ring tensioners #1. used. $30.00

Part# SL-200-01

Top view

And from the back, showing the lever trimming mechanism

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SunTour Symmetric MK-II LD-2350 braze-on downtube shifters. Used, $75.00/set

Top view

Side view

The other side of the levers

The lever flipped over.

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SunTour LD-1000 clamp-on friction shift levers. Used, $25.00

• Part# SL-231-02
• Produced late 1970s-early 1980s
• They used the same lever arms as the Symmetric levers, but in a traditional friction lever set.

Simple, neat design.

From the back

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SunTour LD-1900 VX clamp-on friction shifters. Used, $25.00

• Produced around 1979
• This was a mid-range shifter in SunTour's 1979 catalogue

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SunTour Command 6 & 7-speed next-to-brake-lever shifters, Version 1. New, $170.00

• Part# 70125
• SunTour part# SL-CD00
• Produced in 1991
• Long clamps allow for easy mounting alongside the brake levers (see bottom picture).

A simple way to get the sfiters by the brake levers.

New, in the box

Another view

Here's how the Command shifters mount on the bars. An easy way to get the shift levers up to the brake levers. To be perfectly precise, though the mounting on the bars is the same, the shifters in this picture are version 2.

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SunTour XC Ltd 7-Speed thumbshifters. New old stock, $100.00/set

Part# 70302

• We have two sets in stock
• These shifters can be set to friction.
• We believe they were produced in the early 1990s.
• These are new old stock, in the box with cables, housing and directions.

New old stock, in the original box.

Here they are, out of the box.

Nice and new and ready for your bike.

From another angle

Here's the info on the box.

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SunTour X-Press 7-speed Accushift thumbshifters. New, $60.00/set

Part# 70293

• We have two sets in stock
• These shifters are part of the SunTour XCD 6000 group.
• These shifters were produced in 1990.

Nice, clean design.

Here are the levers turned on their sides

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SunTour MT 8-speed MD Twist Grip Shifters. New, $400.00

Here's SunTour's 1993 ad for these shifters:

New, and beautifully finished.

And the other side.

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Downtube cable stops for frames with braze-on shifter bosses. New, $35.00

• If you want to use brake lever or fingertip shifters and your frame has braze-ons for downtube shifters, here's what you need.