Erl, I ride Albatross bars with thumb shifters (which I recently shifted further up from the cork grips to give my hands more room, eliminated all the "bar" issues I was having). I debated long between them and the bar ends. I can't/won't ride no handed because of my vertigo. I've no doubt the bike would handle fine, but my brain needs the proprioceptive feedback. I haven't used bar end shifters, but I do love the thumb shifters. The only reason I would give bar end a try is if I needed cleaner bars. So if you want to shift to friction shifting, you may have two options.
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