My son has a Merida with Shimano CUES. He recently lost the name plate on his right shifter during a long ride, which we retrieved, but it had been squashed a bit by a car. I have looked in many online shops without any luck in finding this as a replacement part. I even checked through various 3D printer file catalogues to see if anyone had designed one yet, but alas, no. Is there a reason why this part is seemingly unavailable anywhere? I will be phoning around my local bike shops tomorrow to see if they can source the part for me, but I had hoped that such a small innocuous part would be an easy fix to do at home. If I have no luck in finding a supplier of this part, does anyone have a recommendation for a suitable fix or replacement? Diolch/Thanks
Find a busy shop. They usually keep piles of old parts for spares. You may find a used one for a cup of coffee..
I would contact a Shimano Service Centre shop - theyre obliged to carry more Shimano spares than they otherwise might want to, and will have the best idea of how to source them if not. I doubt there will be many spare ones lying around in dusty corners just yet given the relatively short time the CUES shifters have been available.
You’d be surprised. People blow stuff up remarkably quickly!
For obscure Shimano parts, try finding the part number on si.shimano.com, then doing a Google search for that number. Small parts are often available on Aliexpress, at SJSC in the UK, or elsewhere, even when the Shimano importers and subsidiaries (like here in Oz) never keep stock.
Here is the exploded view for one version. Not sure which one you have. But like reported above you can get all kinds of info from si.shimano by looking up with the #