To my sheer and utter amazement, I have noticed the odd person say that they prefer Gear Shifters without any Gear Indicators on them, and this is something that I am struggling mightily with to understand.

Apparently their main defense is that you can just look down between your legs to work out which gear you are in and go from there.

For the life of me I don't know why you would want to make your cycling life more difficult than it needs to be, yet some people do.

Interested to hear other people's thoughts on whether they like their to be a Gear Indicator on their shifter or not, and if not, why that is.