Originally Posted by
RoboMonkey
I already had these shifters and this is the first thing I thought of. If you think there is a better place to put them, I'm open to suggestions.
Many people have shifters mounted on the bar tops on drop bars... however, usually they go up on the very top as close to the stem as possible.
This solves a couple problems: the whole handlebar except for right beside the stem can now be used for different hand positions; when taping the bar you can simply stop taping an inch before you get to the shifters - it does not look bad to have no tape close to the stem.