On 12/3/2019 11:44 AM, sms wrote:


I remember when "real cyclists" mocked stem-mounted shifters and "safety
brake" levers
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WE-ZXb18L._SL1024_.jpg.

I hope you're not defending those "safety" levers. Those were always
terrible. (Modern "interrupter" auxiliary levers are a different matter.)

The idea that someone should buy a bicycle with drop handlebars than not
be riding in the drop position, was an anathema to them.

I don't remember that at all. And the photos at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx
seem to belie that idea.

Brifters were a great invention, far superior to bar-end shifters.
Finally you didn't have to move your hand at all to shift.

Wowee!

But... but... you still tout bottle cages instead of Camelbacks! Get
with the program!

--
- Frank Krygowski