Originally Posted by
triplebutted
Very cool. Its all good man. I'm 44, started racing in '82.
My friend is learning on brifters now. And he rode one of my bikes with downtube shifters and said "i can't shift, I stop pedaling, shift, and nothing happens"
Now that I have two bikes with DT's (Prelude and Circuit), that i ride constantly, I actually prefer the friction to indexed, can't stand that clicking, plus much better shifting when climbing ( i still try to plan ahead, but sometimes get stuck shifting on a hill), I just love the ride of the vintage steel tube bikes, glad i started looking at C&V forum awhile back...i'm hooked!!
andy