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Originally Posted by mtnbiker310
Just limiting the poll to road bikes, huh? Even if you included mountain bike components such as disc brakes, suspension forks, and rear shocks, I'd still probably pick index shifting. Trying to work a friction shift with one hand off the handlebars on technical singletrack would be pretty scary.
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Didn't shiamno have friction thumb shifters? I am pretty sure they and Suntour had them. In fact, I think one of the many bikes in my garage has them on the handlebars. Plus, firciton shifting isn't so bad. Once you got to know your bike well, you could almost always hit the gear without messing around much, if at all.