A couple of my bikes have brifters (Foundry Auger - SRAM Rival 10s double tap, Giordana - Campy/Sachs 8s Ergopower) One has grip-twist shifters (Specialized Fatboy - 10s SRAM XO) Two have bar-ends, both currently in indexed mode (Riv Road/650b - 10s Shimano, Schwinn KOM - 9s Shimano)
I guess I'm saying that I prefer bar-ends on my touring bikes, but I'm ok with index or brifters too. Also, 10 speed Shimano bar-ends (index-only) are just $50 at Nasbar <http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/Product_10053_10052_578319_-1___204723>. I'm very happy with mine, especially paired with TRP RRL brake levers, whose shape I prefer over the shape of Shimano brifters. If you're gumming up the bar-ends with sweat residue, then it's a good thing that they're easy to rebuild. I presume that the hoods would keep most of your sweat from getting into the mechanism on the brifters, but the Shimano brifters aren't easily rebuildable. On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find myself re-thinking my allegiance to bar-ends, because I sweat > so much between May and September riding here in Texas, that I gum > them up fairly regularly. > > Then something like this comes up. > > http://www.nashbar.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?partNumber=YS-ST4600-BASE&catalogId=10052&storeId=10053&langId=-1&utm_source=nashbar&utm_medium=email&utm_content=151210Th&utm_campaign=Products&cm_mmc=Email-_-nashbar-_-151210Th-_-Products&cm_em=jim.bron...@gmail.com&spMailingID=12498453&spUserID=NjA1MzcwOTY2NDES1&spJobID=643355659&spReportId=NjQzMzU1NjU5S0 > > And I find myself feeling conflicted. This is only a little more than > what Riv sells bar-ends for... > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > signature goes here > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
