Originally Posted by trainchaser

...after you've been riding for years, indicators are of no use whatsoever, none of my earlier bikes had indicators, you went by how things felt. My current bike has them and they are useless accouterments - they show roughly where you are between 1 and 10 on the rear cassette and the front indicator is a complete waste of plastic because you only have two chain rings. I think its pretty easy to know whether you're on the big or small ring...