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Yeah good point - I'll just re-wrap the bars every 6 months.
I'm not a massive fan of downtube shifters, but that would work. My preference would probably be mounting flatbar levers on the tops of the drop handlebars though, or just going for a flat bar. Either way you could then just remove the whole shifters, cables and derailleurs in one go.
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I don't think they will flap about. The problem I am seeing is that since the gear cables are running underneath the bar tape I'd have to remove and then re-wrap the bar each time I'm going to Single speed and back. Granted, in your situation doing this 2x a year is probably tolerable, but I am planning on changing wheels more regularly. Was thinking of going retro and using downtube shifters instead for that reason, I think I saw someone on here doing this with their SS some time ago.