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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 09:05:41 -0400
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On Fri, 23 May 2025 07:50:00 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 5/22/2025 9:40 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 5/22/2025 5:01 PM, pH wrote:
>>> On 2025-05-22, Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip good deed adventure>
>>>>
>>>> To me, it's justification for my preference for bar end 
>>>> shifters for
>>>> touring. I prefer simple devices with only visible problems.
>>>
>>> Well, it just so happens that bar end shifters are God's 
>>> favourite.
>>>
>>> If they're good enough for Him they're good enough for 
>>> me.  I have one
>>> SunTour and one Rivendell on my road bike at the moment.
>>>
>>> Friction shifting,, by the way...no indexing.
>> 
>> Agreed!
>> 
>> Well, one bike has them indexing; but I sometimes set it to 
>> friction mode when the indexing gets unreliable.
>> 
>> 
>
>I have one index bike, a Raleigh Sports 3 speed. No friction 
>mode; shifts perfectly for the last 54 years.

As long as we're doing personal anecdotes, I have several thousand
miles on my trigger shifters with zero problems.

--
C'est bon
Soloman