Originally Posted by
Robvolz
It’s interesting, ergonomically speaking it takes less movement to take your hands off the handlebars to shift on a stim mounted shifter than a downtube mountain shifter.
none of the high-end Italian French or English racing bikes use this. I admire the SunTour stem mounted shifters. Is it just a social thing or something deeper?
You’re sort of in the wrong section, maybe a Hall Monitor will move it.
I think in general because stem shifters are generally associated with lowend bikes. I believe on some older bikes like the venerable Schwinn Varsities if the cable is binding pulling on that long lever can actually pull the front wheel and cause balance issues for inexperienced riders.
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