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some hand gesture towards the left barend and it drops to the 30t
This was the best thing about bar-ends. I found it to be equally as easy to knock down a vague number of sprockets at the back approaching a hill fwiw but since moved to "worst of all worlds" dt shifters for the daft reason of being able to swap bars easily.
What is the rear rack on your pelago? Custom?
yoshy
Function is probably good, can't really say as I haven't tried. It's just that I usually spec my riding position so that I'm most comfortable in the hoods or ramps, not the drops. Coming up on a steeper or more technical section it's so easy to just make some hand gesture towards the left barend and it drops to the 30t but I couldn't think that I would be comfortable making as many shifts as I do to the rear from a barend. Hydro's are great because I can ride the brakes without them actually braking and I'm already there if I want to shift. Just something I've gotten use to after some odd years with this bike.