Gear shift solutions

[edwinwl]

Hey guys,
A new thread to share ideas about gear shifting. There are a few solutions:
An electronic solution: www.kliktronic.co.uk/
A very nice solution but not a very cheap one. This solution is used on the blue RTR demo tR1ke.

A mechanical solution:

This solution is used for the tR1ke build by RTR. I took the attached picture during my visit december 2011.

Please your ideas & suggestions!

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I bought a Kliktronic a while back with the buttons, I have adapted it to use the TIG switches I bought from Hong Kong to shift up and down and maybe attach them to the back of the steering wheel by velcro maybe.

However knowing what electronics are like I don't want to just rely on this. Therefore I intend to have a manual system using the gear change cables you can buy for manual paddle shift setups on westfields etc:

I intend to have a lever mounted maybe right hand side of the steering wheel to use this type of strong flexible cable to run to the back and be on standby just in case. I intend to use the same cable to operate my reverse motor pulling it up into the bottom of the chain, maybe via a second handbrake system.

The company who make the cable are on eBay UK, they can make a cable any length. I was thinking initially along the lines of a complex bar shift system from the centre tunnel to the gear change, but I think this will be a much neater cheaper solution.

This is the type of thing I mean:

[edwinwl]

Something like this:

[Deleted]

Something exactly like that ;D

[vtR1k]

Got this one. Not cheap, but proven quality and outstanding service...
www.easyshift.nl/

[Deleted]

Yeah I have a Kilktronic, just wanted a backup solution knowing how electrics can just fail :-) I work in IT ;D

[dinosaurjuice]

for push-pull cables i use these:

peachmentshop.co.uk/catalog/steering-controls-control-cables-c-35_38.html

designed for throttle and gear controls on outboard motors, fully stainless and designed for salthingyer use ;D

Will

this forums crap, cant even write s-a-l-t-w-a-t-e-r. sort it out 'the management'

[Deleted]

Cheers for that, will give them a buzz when I am ready :-)

[edwinwl]

The modified gearshifter:


I have blocked the left-right movement by some bindings and cut the according lever:


The difficult part of the shifter: