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Bikes: Dinucci Allez 2.0, Richard Sachs, Alex Singer, Serotta, Masi GC, Raleigh Pro Mk.1, Hetchins, etc
what you have proposed should work fine and if it doesn't bug you, it won't bother anyone else.
I think Lance rode at least one - maybe several - several tours with a right (rear) brifter and a left (front) down tube shifter
do it and report back. maybe it will coast uphill or otherwise defy the laws of physics
/markp