^ Exactly my thought with the brifter rather than bar-end. And since I could just keep a spare bar-end with cable in my bag anyway(not a lot of weight), I could easily throw that on if something went wrong with the brifter. The hubbub thing is interesting. So you can get 10sp Campagnolo shifter and simply route the cable differently and they'll work perfectly with a Shimano 9sp derailer and cassette? I've been wanting to swap out my ugly Shimano brifters since I got them(Wouldn't have gotten them if not for a great deal on entire group-set...) and they won't work with a front bag for touring, so now is the perfect time. Thanks for the tip on the cable route trick.