Originally Posted by FoC
Ive tried moving the shifters in a bit, that has them kind of out of the way, but not enough...regardless of that tho, its that annoying thing of not being able to get them set perfectly.
Moving the shifters would require re-adjusting the cable length to correct the shifter's indexing.
New cables and cable housings will usually make a big improvement to index shifting.
Having said that, I too appreciate the advantages of friction shifting.
Al