Originally Posted by
motochick
This was my husbands idea/doing. I am the stoker and I do the shifting via Campy bar end shifters. There were no cable stops where we needed them for this to work so we made some. It works super awesome, I doubt we will ever go back to the captain shifting unless I lose the ability to do so physically.
Really? I haven't bought new ones in a while, we have 7 sets or so but I need to get some more as our bike hoarding has gotten worse! LOL. Even having to pay more is worth it for the ability to pedal correctly.
Very interesting idea having the stoker shift. Does the captain need to communicate for certain shifting situations that you might not be able to see? You would have a lot less cable distance with the stoker shifting which would improve shifting quality a lot. As the captain of our rig I definitely like shifting (and my stoker would not be interested in taking over these responsibilities) but I applaud you for going against the grain here!