Originally Posted by
steve-in-kville
I have an old MTB frame that may find itself with dropbars when I rebuild it. And of course what shifters to use has been tossed around. Since I always ride on the brake hoods, I am tempted to use the standard thumb shifters it has already. But I may spring for the brifters (a knock-off brand) and be done with it).
Time will tell.
I have an old steel mtb for my commuter that I've put drop bars on that I really love. Right now it's got Kelly Take Offs which put downtube shift levers right next to the brake levers so you can shift with your fingertips while on the tops or hoods. My plan in the near future is to build new wheels for it (right now it's got 6 speed 130 mmx26" wheels) so that I can upgrade to an 8 speed and I'll then run a shimergo setup with some 10 speed campy centaur brifters I got on the cheap.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"