Enthusiasm on Wheels
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Bikes: 1953 Schwinn Debutante, 1971 Hercules 3-speed, 1973 Schwinn Suburban, 1990 Huffy White River, 1990-something Bianchi Advantage, 1996 Trek 800
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Like Royal Flash, I'm considering "downgrading" my 105 STIs on my road bike to some manner of friction shifters and normal brake levers possibly teamed with auxiliary cyclocross levers. I've been riding this old Schwinn 5-speed a lot this fall and winter, and I have gotten kind of spoiled to the thumb-action friction shifter. No click-click-click-click to switch gears, just a little nudge of the thumb. Once you get used to friction, it seems a lot quicker and more convenient.
I'm definitely putting friction shifters on my mountain bike after this current set of Grip*Shifters breaks, as they inevitably do. I tell you what, I won't ever have another set of Grip*Shifters. They're the most fragile things I've come across to date.
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