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Convenience, without a doubt. Having the shift levers close to the safety brake levers gave the novice cyclists a better feeling of controlling the bike. Taking your hands off of the brake levers to reach down to the down tube shift levers could cause an unnevering sense to a novice cyclist. My ten year old son has a Trek mountain bike and loves that the brake levers and the grip shifters are right next to each other.