Originally Posted by
kickstart
If ones commute involves a lot of stop and go, always having the brake levers and shifter at hand in the most upright position saves time and effort while maintaining a better view of ones surroundings when braking and shifting.
I've done plenty of stop and go. I just don't see it. To me it equates to having a manual car is better than one with an automatic transmission just because you have to stop and go and can't do two things at once. And riding on the hoods is still pretty upright and offers your shifting and braking right there. To succumb to suicide levers though....no thank you.
Anyway, ride on.