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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Brunswick, Maine
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Bikes: 1948 P. Barnard & Son, 1962 Rudge Sports, 1963 Freddie Grubb Routier, 1980 Manufrance Hirondelle, 1983 F. Moser Sprint, 1989 Raleigh Technium Pre, 2001 Raleigh M80
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I just don't see it, and never really have: I don't ride in the drops that often, and if I ever felt the need to have my shifters on my handlebars while in the drops, I'd put them in the location where my hands are actually placed in the drops.., not over the end of the bar where your hand has to actually leave the bar. As far as accessibility and efficiency go, I prefer downtube shifters. I don't like the way bar-end shifters look, either. They are not nearly as bad-looking as the heinous integrated shifters/brakes of the modern day, though.
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