I am upgrading my Salsa Casseroll and have received a lot of help with upgrade choices on this forum; so I thought I would run this idea past you folks. I am going to change the bke to flat bars probably Jones Bars or more likely the VO Crazy Bars. I think the Crazy Bar will be more like riding on my drop bar hoods. I am also going to upgrade the bike from 9 to 10 speed (road derailleurs).

To try and keep the traditional retro look of the Salsa I was thinking about thumb shifters like the handle bar mount Microshift Thumbies - they are available in 10 speed and will support a double or triple front crankset. The rear is indexed. I also considered using something like Shimano Dura-Ace bar end levers mounted on VO or Paul Thumbies mounts. However, that just seems to be a more expensive way of doing the same thing as the Microsoft Thumb Shifters - which I have seen for around $90 for the set. While I think the Shimano or some sort of vintage thumb shifters mounted on thumbies mounts may look a tab more retro I figure that option would be at least $50 more. Whatever way I go I need a 10 speed indexed shifter for the rear. (I have some brake levers ordered already)

Does anyone have any thoughts on the Microshift 10 speed thumb shifters (red - road version)? And more importantly does anyone have any other suggestions/recommendations on bar end/thumbies that would be a better option than the Microshift thumb shifters?