Originally Posted by
hotbike
After reading this, I have to wonder, how many people would/would not be riding if index shifting had not been invented.
My first multispeed bike had friction shifters -- on its wide moose-style MTB bars, right next to the handgrips. I thought it was ungainly to have shifters way down on the downtube, so I never liked them. Having them right next to my thumbs was a lot more convenient.