>>1658779My current bike has them so I've learned to really like them, it's pretty much all I've ridden with for the better part of the past decade. the "you feel like you're PART of it maaaan" argument is kind of true, the closest thing I can compare it to is driving a manual car whose gearing you know very well. I'm convinced that the only people pushing the meme that they're awkward or harder to ride than modern shifters are cunts who have never used them for longer than a day, with literally any small amount of practice it's a very natural and easy movement.
>>1659045I don't trust indexed nearly as much as friction, I think it's because I don't like the thought of relying on the indexing still being correct after however many decades. Once you get the feeling of where the gears are on friction shifters, you're untouchable
