Great thanks for the info! I do love my Suntour bar end shifters that are "Retrofriction". That little *click* is a satisfying sound to my ears. I do think the term retrofriction is odd though. Any idea why they chose to call it that?

I think of retro as "throwback" or a nod to the past, but new. Such as the new VW Beetle, or 60's mod inspired clothing, but with a modern twist...so not an exact reproduction of the past. I do see a lot of British folks using the term retro simply to mean old, especially in eBay.u.k. ads. Like "retro 1974 Holdsworth Mistral" so there seems to be some cross over usage of the term.

I also find "retrofit" a bit odd. It's one of those terms that doesn't really fit what it describes IMO