Originally Posted by K6-III
Truly interesting would be a brake lever with an integrated shifter boss. Mount a downtube shifter directly to the brake lever. Could have better cable routing, too.
Except the shift pattern would be "backwards" form normal. To avoid this, you would have to mount the shift levers on the outsides of the brake hoods and they would get in the way of your hands and not be reachable with your thumbs. The Take-Offs avoid this by putting the shift levers on the inside of the brackets and offsetting them away from the insides of the brake levers.