Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
Stop it.
The fear I referred to is clearly the fear of having an indexed shifter break.
...I have experienced the failure of at least one or three of them. What really frightens me, though, is your suggestion that indexing is the answer here.
If I had to convert everything I own to indexing, it means most of the really interesting rear derailleurs, that I run on different bikes, would end up in the junk box.
That would require a much larger junk box, and it would also make me unhappy.
