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Old 01-04-23, 08:41 AM
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Artmo 
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
My un-indexed bar-end shifters held the brake just fine. It's a drum. Doesn't take much pressure on the shoes to generate braking force with a drum. The main thing to remember is to take the brake off after the descent. You'll notice it..
Haha. Yes, you will notice it on the next climb or earlier, as we found on our first use of the Arai a few years ago!

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