Originally Posted by
sbuckaroo
Thanks. I will need to work on the one handed steering. In fact, there was a bit of a learning curve when I bought the old Schwinn Paramount to be able to use the down tube shifters, and it took a while to be somewhat confident with it. Incidentally, somehow I really liked the friction shifters for some reason!
Downtube shifters! I shudder at the thought!
I bought my '91 Paramount as a frameset only about 2016 and put a full Shimano 105 5800 11 speed groupset on it. My first experience with STI's on the handlebars. I'd never go back to shifters on the down tube. Now I can keep both my hands on the bars and shift while going down or up the twistiest or roughest of roads or paths.
Also allows me to have that one hand on the hood to shift or brake as I drink from the water bottle with the other hand!