• Because you referred to handlebar set-ups I thought that you thought that I was eschewing downtube shifters completely; but you mean friction shifting improves ones cadence more so than indexed? Interesting...

    But anyway, yeah, nice frame and nice gruppo - GLWS!

  • Well, marginally. An easier and quicker shifting helps in shifting more. A more error-prone friction shifting might dissuade you from shifting and thus helps in ones cadence.