Originally Posted by
Dan333SP
Have you tried anything with modern Campy levers? I don't recall the exact number of gears, but their groups from Chorus on up allow you to shift multiple gears with a longer sweep of either the thumb trigger or the paddle (so both directions on the cassette).
I had an old bike with Chorus and I'd regularly dump multiple gears at once when hitting a hill using the thumb lever. Worked perfectly.
Shimano downshifts work the same way, just with fewer gears per lever sweep.
I tried Shimano and didn't care for it. It shifts good, I just don't like whacking the lever over and over again. I have a frame right now that the build is stalled because I can't decide what drivetrain to put on it. If all I had to do was push some buttons, that might work. I just don't want to whack the levers I brake the bike with. The other BF C & V people that ride SOTR and I are going to discuss it this year on the ride. Maybe we will come up with something.
SOTR is still open for more riders. I know plenty of Richmond riders do it. You need to go ahead, register, and give it a try! I am so not ready for it this year. It will be a lot of riding over the next 2 weeks to get into some kind of reasonable shape.