REJECT MODERNITY, EMBRACE HISTORY
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Iāve been riding 3x8 friction on my LHT to use up some 8-speed components I had laying around and I think Iāve discovered something about myself in the process lol
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Canāt Donāt want toā¦
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you know, iām honestly surprised somebody didnāt do that in like, the 80s or something
Friction shifting sucks.
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Arenāt those indexed?
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My ones are.
Only if you suck at friction shifting.
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Friction shifting is just infinite indexing
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like a lot of things, itās way easier to say āitās obviousā when itās already sitting in front of you.
But yeah they really do make stuff like Suntour Command shifters seem extra silly in retrospect. Iāve seen precisely zero (0) fop chariots with Dia Compeās āWingā reproduction/clones installed.
Pretty sure until the advent of STIs, shifting from the hoods wouldnāt have seemed obvious
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when did the bike industry start producing levers that were actually comfortable to ride on the hoods? Sure some 1970s levers had āāāhoodsāāā, but yeah I think designing brake levers with real usable hoods is a thing that happened because of STI.
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These came out?!
NGL, I like those a lot and have them in the running instead of bar ends for the Salsa Vaya when the Dura Ace triple wears out
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theyāve been out for years, pay Soma 2.2 centibongs and theyāre yours
Not sure if I completely missed their release or just memory holed it. lol at the price either way
Tarcklbee for best unit conversion
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