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Old 09-02-13, 08:09 AM
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Thrasymachus,
I have to respectfully disagree with you regarding friction shifting. I love friction shifting, or more correctly, I love my Shimano Fingertip friction shifters. But then again, I also prefer a standard transmission over an automatic. My bike came with indexed shifting. If memory serves, it was the second thing I changed on my bike, right after the knobby tires.

I had a friend that rode a Murray in the late '70's until the right dropout decided to part company with the rest of the frame one day. Of course, it could have been a one in a million kind of thing, but since then I have considered bikes with similar construction rather warily.

It doesn't really matter what you ride as long as you are happy.
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