Originally Posted by
alcjphil
This makes perfect sense to me as well. Another point: You don't do much shifting in a crit once you get up to speed. If your cornering skills are good you keep you speed up through corners and don't have to shift to get back up to speed. I used to go pretty well on my 20+year old bike with downtube shifters. I hardly ever needed to shift
I mean, guys. Seriously .
If you don't race crits, don't make comments like this.
You absolutely need good brakes, and you absolutely need to be able shift quickly, efficiently, and all the time.
It's not like you're doing a solo time trial around a crit course. There are OTHER RIDERS.