Thread: Why barend shifters vs. downtube on touring bikes?
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Old 09-04-08, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MrPolak
Because it is "the way". Anyone going against "the way" is a radical revolutionist, a Darwinian outcast, a no-good think-for-self heathen. You will bow down to "the way". You WILL use bar-end-shifters, a leather Brooks seat, cantilever brakes, steel frame, drop bars, and if touring outside the immediately familiar areas, 26'' wheels with at least 36 spokes!
You describe my bike very well. Thanks for to good laugh this morning.
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