Originally Posted by
Trentkln27
In the future I probably will go triple. Finding the drop shifter at a decent price is my biggest reason why not. I may go to bar ends if the shifters start giving me problems but I've honestly never had a problem with any of my Shimano drop bar shifters
One solution is to keep your present brifters and find an old pair of downtube friction shifters (and a clamp with bosses) so you can shift the triple.
Added advantage is if your rear brifter fails you have a back up.
A single front bar-end shifter would work too if you can find a second hand one