Originally Posted by
mcours2006
Was just thinking this might be hard to do on my vintage bike with DT shifters.Then again, there aren't that many gears on it to begin with
At the bottom of hills I used to move my right shifter forward with my fingers while pushing the left forward with my thumb. It became second nature after a while. It's a bit trickier going the other way, but that usually only happens cresting a hill, so it's not such a problem.