I've never done a hill climb, but I can only imagine that climbing (out of saddle) with a bar end shifter is pretty annoying. Have you tried a SRAM RTC shifter?
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I've never done a hill climb, but I can only imagine that climbing (out of saddle) with a bar end shifter is pretty annoying. Have you tried a SRAM RTC shifter?