Originally Posted by
AaronAnderson
I'm restoring a 1989 Trek 420 that originally had downtube shifters. I got it with bar-ends installed and kind of like them but they need to be replaced and the extra cables are fugly. As I'm a pretty tall rider, the tube shifters are a pretty far reach for me... How do you other tall guys feel about the long reach?
Only speaking for myself, I love the downtube shifters, and I am 6"3'. All my bikes in my signature are all 60 to 63cm, and they all have downtube shifter except the 1996 Classic. Not only that, the downtube shifters look cool. There is no SUBSITUTE for COOL!!
