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I have found a few threads about this online but wondered whether any forumengers had experience/ opinions about it. I want to build up a geared bike. I am looking at getting an old road frame with shifter bosses on the down tube. From experience I know this is not the best place for gear levels when travelling at speed and on busy roads. Has anyone converted such a frame to either bar-end shifters or the on-brake shifters (think they're nick-named brifters)? Is it easy? Will I have to remove the bosses and put on some other cable guides, or can the cables be run round them with adapters?
I want to build a fairly classic-looking bike and am worried that bar-end shifters would look out of place. Anyone know if brifters are available in 'classic' styles, or all they all carbon sporty numbers?