Originally Posted by ViperZ
It's too bad that friction shifting is the only option for that era.. I Will never go back from indexing. To me thats like dial tuning a radio rather than pushing the channel button. Not something I'm particularly fond of anymore. Sure if it was for a bike that I rode once a year, but I want to ride this one on the fast group rides too
I too was a bit dismayed that friction was the only viable option but I felt that if I wanted a period bike, re-learning it would be the way to go. And after only a week or so, it became second nature again. Sure, I have different habits than with Ergo or STI, but I don't feel friction as a handicap at all.
If I'm doing the hammer ride with the big boys, I don't really want to be on the 22 pound steelie anyway when there are other good options in the stable for those days. Which means that outside of racing - real or imagined - the C-Record equipped bike is ideal for anything.
Well, big hill days excluded. The 52/42 - 13/23 combo can be rough on those days.
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