cyberknight
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Just bought a very unglamorous touring Raleigh with barend shifters which won't even index with the 6 speed block fitted and am getting on very well with them and the bike in general. Surprised me this after years on decent mountain bikes to find such fun for 200 quid. Try it says I.I am now looking at getting a replacement road bike for winter and i have seen a bike with shifters on the end of the drops .
Are they easy to use?
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Just bought a very unglamorous touring Raleigh with barend shifters which won't even index with the 6 speed block fitted and am getting on very well with them and the bike in general. Surprised me this after years on decent mountain bikes to find such fun for 200 quid. Try it says I.
Bar end shifters were used for racing back in the sixties, though only by a minority of riders (including Tom Simpson). It's purely down to whether you get on with them, they do the job.
I'm not sure I've ever understood the bar-end position for touring bikes, even in the past when changers were on the downtube under normal circumstances, as IME tourists used the drops less than any other category of cyclist.