Originally Posted by
HillRider
+1 on the Kelly Take-Offs. I have them on a Surly Cross Check using them to mount 8-speed downtube shifters. They are certainly the next-best thing to brifters without the expense.
Ok, so if I were to do that instead of bar ends, I'd have to find some 6 or 7 speed downtube shifters that I'd mount on those? Something to consider. Right now I have the cross interrupter levers on the tops, so I wonder if I'd have to remove those to have room.