Originally Posted by
twilkins9076
I think if you're willing to go to bar-end shifters you can get by with relatively minor bleed-over expenses. Some might argue that they're not much of an upgrade to what you've got, but it just depends on what you're wanting out of the deal.
+1 for the bar-ends.
I'll argue that they're a big improvement over d'tube shifters for one reason: I've never bumped a bar-end shifter while removing/replacing my water bottle into the cage. I have done this with downtube shifters. Could just be that I'm a klutz.
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