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[Closed] Touring - does anyone use a bar end shifter for front mech and brifter for rear?

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Just curious. I've got brifters on the bike I'm setting up for touring. I'm happy with how the rear shifts but can't quite get the front (triple) sorted. I know it might upset the fashionistas, but has anybody done it?


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 6:10 pm
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I run bar ends for both, i can't see how you'd have any problem other than getting hoods that feel similar in size.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:09 pm
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I run bar ends for both, i can't see how you'd have any problem other than getting hoods that feel similar in size.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 7:11 pm
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Marco Pantani used to use a downtube shifter for the front mech and a brake / shifter for the rear.


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 10:09 pm
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As did Lance Armstrong, pre UCI weight limit.

As for the question I refuse to answer while they're referred to as 'brifters'!


 
Posted : 20/12/2014 10:57 pm

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