I own and ride bikes with DT, bar-end, thumb shifters, and 2 x 10 brifters on
my cross bike. Overall I prefer the simplicity and clean lines of DT shifters.
I find a 2 x 9 index system to be crisp and relatively inexpensive to maintain
once you find the DA shifters, among the best shifters ever
I'll throw my hat in the ring as a DT shifter proponent. I have bikes with
both, and have never really felt any added security from the "keeps your
hands on the bars" aspect of bar end shifters. I find that I have a greater
tendency to nudge my bats slightly when shifing - especially with upshifts.
If the bars are high enough that I can spend most of my time in the drops then
I like barcons better. I'm usually a hood riding tootler though, so slight
advantage to DT, since they're on a solid platform. Also can shift either
shifter with either hand.
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Although I prefer DTs, I will say that BEs are clearly the most
ergonomically designed. Way more than SIS. Truth is both system work fine
and no one should sweat about it too much one way or the other.
Michael
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:11:58 AM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote:
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It requires a slightly different technique, given that your hands don't
grasp the shifters in the same way. With BES I use my fist and palm to
shift, which gives very good control. With DTS it's my forefinger and
thumb, or rather the forefinger and the palm directly underneath this
finger, and the
My Hunqapillar has barend shifters, and I really like them, except when I knock
them against the doorframe getting the bike in and out of the garage. When I
built up my Atlantis this fall, I went with downtube shifters mostly because of
cost-containment. I like the clean lines, and I like how it
On 12/17/2014 12:09 AM, lungimsam wrote:
If I love friction bar end shifting, will I find friction DT shifting just as
easy and enjoyable?
Maybe, maybe not. For me, not.
Never done it before, and seems like the reach may make it more difficult
Exactly. For some people, when they drop t
If I love friction bar end shifting, will I find friction DT shifting just as
easy and enjoyable?
Never done it before, and seems like the reach may make it more difficult and
looks like there's a big potential for knees banging into forearms while
pedalling and reaching down to shift at same
