At the risk of stating the obvious, if you like brifters for your rear derailer but not the front, you can always put a down tube or bar end shifter on the left and just use the brifter for the rear mech.
On Sunday, March 9, 2014 12:07:10 PM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > it's not against the grain, or it shouldnt be. rivendell displays the > roadeo with brifters. its fine and they work great. if thats what you > like, then you should run it. the funkiness with shimano brifters for me > is always in front. its a bummer when your favorite shifter forces you to > buy a new crankset, bb, chain, cassette, and both derailers. hopefully > you'll find a combo that works for you that is not that involved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.