Reading that banishment, index shifting is now approaching 39 years old.
there are plenty of riders who know nothing else.
I was in line waiting to order some food and a fellow patron was impressed with my bike, A 1984 Masi GC, he then asked what were those things one the downtube?
shift levers.
You have to reach all the way down there to shift? And FIND each gear?
He had recently purchased a bike with SRAM etap, used! Asked how the shifters talk to the derailleurs. There is a “coin” battery in the shifter, I think you fold the hood to access.
there is the future.