Originally Posted by
ddashoff699
Do you think so? I've only ever ridden my 1953 Raleigh Sports, which has a three speed shifter, so having to reaching all the way down there to shift scares me to death. You think it would be a sin to alter the down tube shifters to stem shifters?
Before you go to all the trouble and expense of changing the shifters, just size the bike up for you and ride it for awhile. I bet you'll get used to the DT shifters really quickly.