Originally Posted by
jdswitters
great thread, and on a frame I have been eyeballing.
Thank you,
Thanks! I definitely recommend the frame and fork. It's been a great ride so far.
bent4me
Microshift makes 9 and 10 speed barend shifters for a bout $75 shipped from Taiwan. On Ebay. I got tired of replacing broken Shimano shifters and found these. The only thing is they are indexed mode only, no friction. I have them awhile and they work great.
I looked at those as options but the Shimano bar ends were only $15 more at Amazon, so I went with what I knew. We will see how the shimano ones hold up.
I didn't realize this thread had been bumped. I was going to update it with a 150-mile ride report and note some small changes I made so there's an update to come within a couple days.
