Originally Posted by
Camilo
I'd recommend to either look into using the drop bars "on the hoods" vs "in the drops". I would guess that 99.9% of recreational riding is done on the hoods. Some serious riders only spend 70% or so on the hoods, but many more casual riders spend 100%.
Compared to the interrupter levers you're thinking of and which are described above, this position gives you great control, puts your arms and wrists in more of a neutral position and your hands are in the right place to shift. If you use the interrupters, you have to move your hands to shift.
While not to be critical of your advice, but a suggestion, next time you talk about shifting and moving hands, don't use a pic of a Soma equipped with downtube shifter bosses.
John