Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
Your (yuck!) down tube shifters would fit the LHT, but not the Cross Check. (Small loss anyway, controls belong on the handlebars.)
Sheldon speaks the truth on my things........
...........but.............
depending on what color Cross-Check you get, you may wind up with down-tube bosses for those shifters. This years purchase (green) CC had the bosses, last years black one didn't.
I hemmed and hawed over the LHT vs CC choice for my latest build. Finally went with the CC.
And barcon shifters, so those damn bosses came in handy for my cable stops / adjusters.
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