Joined: Oct 2014
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From: Northern San Diego
Bikes: mid 1980s De Rosa SL, 1985 Tommasini Super Prestige all Campy SR, 1992 Paramount PDG Series 7, 1997 Lemond Zurich, 1998 Trek Y-foil, 2006 Schwinn Super Sport GS, 2006 Specialized Hardrock Sport
Personally, I just find that friction shifting works better than index shifting on triples. So that's what I use on all my bikes with triples (I have 3 of them, two are friction front and back (6 speed rear), and one is friction front, Index 9-speed in back, using Shimano Dura Ace 9-speed downtube shifters. That's actually my cleanest shifting bike of all.