Originally Posted by
Captain Blight
Well, for a lot of people, it's not that they don't "get" friction shifting, so much as that for them the shift levers are awkwardly placed. I WISH V-O would re-release the old SunTour Command Shifters, the butterfly type mounted by the brake hoods. I find these to be the best of both worlds.
I have a pair of these and have set them up and used them on other people's bikes... my partner also uses them on his touring bike that is equipped with bullhorns.
They are fabulous shifters and the switchable 6-7 Ultra lets them be run with Shimano freewheels quite well.