Originally Posted by
DangerousDanR
Not a one of my flat bar shifters (most are SRAM but one is a Box 9 on the tandem) has a gear indicator.
Well, now I know. But I do know that there are passive inline gear indicators that you can splice into the cable run and position for easy seeing. You'd still need a helmet light to see them in the dark but helmet lights are common as salt and available at all price points. Electronic shifting and Smartphone apps or Garmin/Wahoo computers might be overkill? Just trying to keep the project in the bounds of practicality.