Originally Posted by
Ira B
I really don't think it was for the shifters. For one thing it would have them covering up the "Technium" decal which seems like an unlikely manufacturing boo boo.
It doesn't cover the decals on mine. It is just a small plastic bracket underneath the downtube to hold the cables from the stem shifters. I agree they wouldn't place downtube shifters over decals, but my bike was set up for stem shifters, no downtube shifter bosses. Do you have shifter bosses, or are they clamp on?