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Why did bicycle racers in the 60's/70's sometime go with bar-end shifters
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03-12-22, 11:11 PM
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I’ve heard it was most common for crits, and that people would cut off some of the drop bar ends to shorten the level part. That way you could go quickly from brakes to shifters with little hand movement
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