Originally Posted by
FormerFF
None of the ones I've seen had, or at least used, indexed shifters. I assume that the indexing doesn't work well for the long cable runs that tri bikes use, with bar end shifters at the end of the aerobars.
There are a couple of indexed systems out there that should do the trick nicely, and with tri guys tending to be equipment happy anyway, I expect there won't be many friction shifted tri bikes around a few years from now.
This statement isn't correct. I think you're seeing bar end shifters and assuming it's not indexed when it is. No good triathlete or time trial person would use friction shifting. In fact electronic shifting like Di2 is accepted as much, if not more, by the tri and tt community as the road riders.