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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
+??? for bar ends. My road bike has downtube shifters and I hate that (not to the point of modifying that beauty) and while STI/DoubleTap/ErgoPower shifters are cool they just aren't as practical for touring except maybe in areas with lots of bike shops and even then I would still rather have simple brake levers and simple shifters.
I wish I could somehow modify some of those nifty "return to center" aero shifters for 9 speed, I know SRAM/ZIPP makes em and I am sure there are some others. Or better yet build a whacky E-Lectronic DI2 9 speed rig with Dynamo hubs and use the TT shifters as bar end shifters (insert mad scientist laugh here) Granted an E-Lectronic system might not be so practical in world touring or far away from bike shop touring but with the rig I have dreamed it is pretty damn close.