It's more a point of aesthetics and nostalgia for me. When I started seriously riding again in 2006 I bought a bike that came with brifters. Loved 'em. When I built up my Hillborne in 2010 I installed bar end shifters, mostly because my aunt had a 10 speed when I was a kid that had bar end shifters and I've always wanted them since. I actually hated them for about the first 500 miles or so. Now I love them and sometimes think about how hard it was for me to get used to them. Since then I've added the Tektro TRP brake levers with all the little pretty holes drilled in them. I could never get rid of those and they are not brifters so I'm keeping the bar ends.
All that said I'm building up a second bike. Also steel but a "go fast"? It has a lot of modern aspects and I just felt brifters were the way to go. Not quite finished yet but on the rack I love them and how they shift. Having used both I don't for see any problem switching between the two and I'm sure I will thoroughly enjoy both. On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8:05:33 AM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: > > I find myself re-thinking my allegiance to bar-ends, because I sweat > so much between May and September riding here in Texas, that I gum > them up fairly regularly. > > Then something like this comes up. > > http://www.nashbar.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?partNumber=YS-ST4600-BASE&catalogId=10052&storeId=10053&langId=-1&utm_source=nashbar&utm_medium=email&utm_content=151210Th&utm_campaign=Products&cm_mmc=Email-_-nashbar-_-151210Th-_-Products&[email protected]&spMailingID=12498453&spUserID=NjA1MzcwOTY2NDES1&spJobID=643355659&spReportId=NjQzMzU1NjU5S0 > > > And I find myself feeling conflicted. This is only a little more than > what Riv sells bar-ends for... > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > signature goes here > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
