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Matthew Martin's avatar

A well-written argument in favour of the humble downtube shifter! I agree with most of it but have found they get a bit tedious after 100km.

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Lewis Lippiatt's avatar

Interesting! I have never actually done that sort of distance with them, at least not that I can remember. But on a long ride with my other bike recently I found that once I was really tired I was forgetting I had the integrated shifters and was automatically reaching for the downtube *facepalm*

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Matthew Martin's avatar

Ha yeah, exhaustion does some strange things to you, I reckon if I rode far enough I’d forget how to ride a bike altogether

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Rona's avatar

I’m fine with DTS. Quite like bar end shifters though. Never tried integrated levers so can’t compare!

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Lewis Lippiatt's avatar

Bar end ones are good too, pretty similar really, just with a bit more cable!

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Adventures In Aviation!'s avatar

Nice article! However I don’t think I’ll ever go back from Ultegra Di2. Happy cycling!

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Lewis Lippiatt's avatar

Yeah, they're good too!

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