Originally Posted by
MRT2
A road bike with grip shifters? The only road bike I can think of that came installed with grip shifters is a Wal Mart bike, in which case it might not make sense to upgrade to brifters as the cost will be orders of magnitude higher than the value of the bike.
Some time in the late '80s, a few manufacturers, including Cannondale, offered road bikes with Gripshift shifters mounted at the ends of the handlebar, representing an early attempt to break Shimano's newly established domination of the market. That only lasted for a season or so.