I'll agree with that. Especially in my condition with a 6 speed cassette (I don't think they ever made 6 speed brifters and I'm not dropping the dough to get a bigger cassette which would also require spreading my frame). I think the next bike I get will actually be a road bike with brifters, but at this point I only spent $100 for the original bike off CL and dropped probably 3 times that into additions and mods. Somewhere I need to say enough is enough and either buy a bike that can do what I want or something. I do love tinkering though.