For the first time in decades, I decided to put DT shifters on a bike, just to see how terrible I remembered them to be.
Turns out, they're not terrible at all. Some ancient muscle memory was put to use. It's not as much effort as I remembered it to be. Cabling certainly is a lot cleaner.
I do tend to shift less. I find myself standing more to overcome small risers rather than automatically shifting down.
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.