+1

My rationale is that I can do a double shift with down tube shifters, both front and back derailleurs, while moving only one hand. To do that with bar-end shifters both hands have to move. I start every hill where I think I'm going to use a smaller chainring by shifting to the smaller ring early and at the same time shift to 2 gears higher on the back. This leaves me at about the about same gear ratio that I started at, but allows me to shift to lower gears while going uphill using just my rear derailleur. Much easier on the drive train.


I just picked up a pair of Tiagra shifters to replace the bar-ends on my daughter's LHT. After noticing her shifting patterns last summer, especially on hills, I though it was the least a dad could do