When I bought my Hillborne from the fine Riv folks I got the Albatross bars 
with IRD thumbshifters set up. When Brian was building it up he warned me 
that while those thumbshifters are fantastic (and they are) that it might 
be better to go with the stem shifter mount or bar ends to give me max 
amount of positions on the bars.  I really wanted the shifting right by my 
hands and I don't like bar end shifters that much so I told him it would be 
fine with the thumbs.  I should learn that the Riv folks really know their 
stuff because after owning it for almost a year now I have decided that I 
really feel a bit cramped around the brake area because of the shifters. 
 Is it possible to remount the IRD shifters onto the quill shift mount? It 
seems like it should be possible but I am unsure.  My other option is 
this...I don't use the front shifter at all. I have the wide low double and 
am always in the larger chainring.  I could always just mount the right 
thumb shifter onto the quill and just drop the left one completely. I 
assume that as long as I leave the derailer there I could just remove that 
shifter completely.  All of this might free me up to more easily switch to 
moustache bars later if I want to.

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