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 can vouch for that. I put a set on my road/sport bike when they first came out and they have performed admirably for 20 years now.