Originally Posted by
non-fixie
These days mrs non-fixie is the real DT shifter fan in our home.
The shifters that got her away from Shimano's EZ-Fire, no less, were these Huret shifters:
I have them on my Mann-Libertas, and I will admit that I like them as well.
I also like the long old school Hurret's Hurret or Schwinn branded DT or stem they have a lot of pull length and are easy on smaller hands and the long levers allow for easier manual indexing likely why your wife likes them. A lot of the even nicer DT stuff is ape shift grind it tell you find it a lot of us old school guys that grew up on crappy shifting stuff bikes and cars are fine with it on vintage bike or car but it's a no go for most women which proves there smarter than most men.