Originally Posted by
smd4
Did you not read the part I wrote about “once properly adjusted?” I use downtube shifters and have never once worried about frayed cables, gummed up cables, or any additional adjustments once properly set.
I’d much rather have my Seiko automatic than any digital watch.
People with vintage cars feel the same way about carburetors, points, bias ply tires, manual transmissions and am radios. Interesting but obsolete. There is a reason there are no manufactures selling down tube shifting bikes it is a vestige of a time gone by.