WTB: Paul thumbie w/ Silver Shifter and adaptor

[Michael Morrissey]

Hi,

I want to buy a Paul Thumbie with the Silver Shifter. Paul used to make an adaptor to use them, but it's discontinued. I want to run a friction shifter on my 9 speed Rivendell.

Anyone holding and not using?? I just want the one shifter and mount.

Thank you!

Michael

[Jay Lonner]

It's so funny that you wrote that - I just returned from scrounging through my parts bin looking for a pair of these myself for an upcoming build. Luckily I have a brand-new set, which doesn't help you, but does make me wonder whether Paul's decision to stop making these contributed to the development of the Silver shifter Mk II. I have a set of the IRDs on another bike and they just aren't as good as the OG Silver/Sprint.

If I hadn't found these I would have been very tempted to go off in a different direction and buy a Rohloff hub or something. So 5 minutes of scrounging just saved me $1,200+! Not a bad morning's work...

Honestly, stuff like this creates a real tension between my desire to go all Marie Kondo on my parts stash and take back my garage vs. the knowledge that parts that I really like and depend on could go away at any time, reinforcing my hoarding impulses.

Good luck in your search!

Jay Lonner

Bellingham, WA

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[RichS]

Michael,

Believe I have the Paul Thumbie adapters. Let me check my stash of parts and I'll PM you back this evening.

Best,

Rich in ATL