Philcycles@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 8/2/2 5:01:59 PM, skipechert@attbi.com writes:
>
> >The reason for the use of bar ends in cyclocross is that in a tumble,
> >integrated shifters/brake levers can break or bend. This can keep you
> >from
> >shifting, and ends your race early. Bar ends are harder to damage in a
> >fall.
>
> The use of barends in cyclocross predates integrated brake/shift levers by
> several decades.
> Phil Brown
> In clearing NoHo, Ca
There ya go! I was trying to figure out how you could damage a down tube shifter in a fall ;)
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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