I find when I'm down a hill and want to go back to harder gears, that I have to click several times to get the harder gear which causes me to lose time which causes me to wonder about the cars that want to turn right behind me. I'm building a touring bike right now and I got Shimano Ultegra 8 speed bar-end shifters that I intend to use in friction mode. EDIT: mounted on Paul Thumbies
