Originally Posted by
09box
I'm thinking about converting the shifters on my Fuji Sportif from STI's to bar end shifters. I've had bar ends before and liked the ability to sweep through the cassette. This is a 9x2 setup. What exactly is involved in the process? Is it better to go with Shimano or Microshift?
When my Shimano bar end broke, just the indexing, I used them for a while as friction only. I am very used to friction only since I had only known friction shifters before this particular bike. I decided to replace the shifters and got the "Silvers" from Rivendell. I already had the bar end housings, so I bought their downtube shifter kit and installed them in my bar end housings. I love them, they shift great. I have no desire to go back to the Shimano shifters, or any indexed shifter for that matter.
Here they are with the bar ends housings.
https://www.rivbike.com/collections/...-end-kit-17089