Originally Posted by
sooprvylyn
Friction shifters are actually more accurate than indexed in a trained hand, indexed shifters can suffer from cable stretch over time but friction shifters don't really have this problem. You can get bar-end adapters for any DT shift levers. I recommend getting some simplex retrofriction shifters and the adapters.
The adapters look like this(these come in several colors):
http://store.icyclesusa.com/shared/S...rce=googlebase
Not sure if these ones will work with the simplex levers, there are other brands/makes of adapters.
No, they won't work with Simplex Retrofrictions. No other brand will work with them, either. I adapted Retrofrictions to Shimano mounts, but it required modification and fabrication of parts.
