Dirt inside shifter indicator window

[Johan Bornman]

I like those indicators. I'll rather glance down to my handlebar than try and squint backwords through a pair of multifocal glasses to see a blurry cassette. The latter spells accident.

 

However, as easy as they to remove, they're bloody difficult to put together after you've opened them to clean inside. Tiny springs with mystery recesses and tiny little plastic bits that require watchmaker fingers. I just sukkel to get it right. I blame it on the lack of educational toys - especially that ball-shaped one where you have to press a star-shaped thingy through a star-shaped hole and a square one through a square hole.

 

As much as I like these indicators, I don't have one on my singlespeed.