Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I had to give up on bar end shifters after I hit my knee on them too many times.
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I have never had a problem with hitting my knees on bar end shifters. I have bar end shifters on several bikes, prefer them for touring. Some bars extend further to the rear than other bars and I suspect that is part of it. And I have ridden behind some riders that their pedal upstroke involves swinging their knees outward instead of a straight up and down motion.
I suspect some people that complain about hitting knees on shifters were out of the saddle when it happened. I have bad knees, years ago I quit standing on the pedals to accelerate from a stop sign or power up a hill.
I am not trying to convince you to try them, you obviously have something that works for you. Just saying that they work for some people.
That said, my rando bike has a brifter for the rear, downtube shifter for the front.