Tom A. wrote:
xcskier66 wrote:
I would have loved to have seen message boards when index shifting first arrived in road biking... I bet there were tons of purists talking about how friction shifters were better, easier to maintain, provided exactly the same level of performance, cost less money and were just industry pushing a new standard on us!
Not true. I was there. With both indexed shifting and clipless pedals, the transition was nearly immediately accepted. It didn't take a decade+ like what is going on with road tubeless. That tells you something about whether or not the technology is truly "better"...
I have been a retrogrouch all my biking life, and switched to indexed and clipless within a year or two at most.. since they were clearly and obviously superior and it was just stupid to be grouchy about it..
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doug in co: Jun 11, 18 16:39