Originally Posted by
irclean
That being said, drop bar bikes can be set up with barcons (bar end shifters) which are much cheaper to buy and maintain than brifters, however you lose the brifters two-controls-in-one feature.
Truth,I was generalising. Most drop bar bikes come with brifters;off the top of my head the only ones I can think of that come with barcons are the built Surly Crosscheck,Raleigh Sojourn,Kona Sutra,and that white GT with disc brakes. I'm not a fan of barcons;I hate having to reach down to shift. Also not a fan of Shimano STI,if I didn't need to also swap rear ders I'd be running SRAM Doubletaps on all my drop bar bikes.