Benelux rod shifters work okay but are really only any good when there are small differences in chainring sizes eg. 50/47 ideally about 3 or 5 teeth difference. The other problem is back ache for us oldies leaning down to change gears, I was fourteen when I last used one of these contraptions and a lot more supple.Nice looking thing to put on a period show cycle but certainly not practical if you are going to do a lot of riding. When I use to race with one of these we were forever fouling other competitors by changing there front gears for them, same thing applies to bar end levers.
Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK
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