"Brifters" ... now there's a word that needs to die.
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> From: "garth libre" <rabbitman@mindspring.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 19:13:33 -0500
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Classic cut off criteria
>
> 3) Bar end shifters, down tube shifters and even (UGGH) stem shifters are all
> plainly classic. (Well maybe not stem shifters, I am not sure, but I am sure I
> hate them. Nothing could be less classic than brifters, STI, Ergo or whatever
> delicate garbage the industry tries to force consumers to swallow. I think I
> could swallow a downtube lever and safely eliminate it, but those brifters
> would certainly cause a trip to the emergency room.