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  • I religiously use friction shifters but always go for a thumb shifter, not downtube. If you use a left hand shifter on the right hand side it a pretty clean, easy to use solution that sits under the bar instead of on-top. You do have to be running flat bars though.

  • Ah, I have a pair of Suntour friction thumb shifters; they must be nearly 30 years old.

    Yes , I did once try the upside down method but was unimpressed by it.

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