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Fiction shifters have always been available in the market, people can buy it if they want to. Microshift has an 11 speed friction shifter, among other brands. I don't want to and have no need to.

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When racing back in the day, everyone the peloton would pre-select-shift the gear that they would need coming out of the turn, when going into the turn... same thing when rolling into a climb, for example... it just requires a little looking up the road and planning ahead...

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Sounds like it may be sooner than you might expect

I think suntour had something in the 70s before shimano sis

Indexed downtube shifting didnt kill off friction shifting because those shifters gave you the choice between the two. The new bike I bought in 1996 had brifters but as soon as I found a nice pair of downtube shifters, i stopped using the brifters. Simplicity of set-up, no broken cables and brifters are not good for people with short fingers. I prefer riding in the drops for 99% of the time and its easier to use downtube shifters . I'm not afraid to take a hand off the bars.

I think musicianship in general and cycling somehow go well together.

problem solvers has some tube mount clamps, that may fit your bike, but I'm no sure

Did you try a Paul Comp Thumbie?

See my post. You can buy these already as Dia-Compe ENE 11 Spd Down Tube Shifters.

Good question.We are a lot of 85- bike owners.

Just get the microshift one. It’s black

Don't even remember a single black dia compe component.

100%!! Bought a new bike in 1996, with brifters. Disappointed.

You can use one with a clamp for the downtube. But not on a CF frame

I'm doing the same thing to another BMX but it's a low rider with fenders, twisted sissy bar. 9 speed with friction shifters same ones. Friction shifters is the way to go. I would never find index shifters for my lowrider modifications.

Paul Thumbie??

+1 A thumbie configuration would make this a much more successful product. I hope Russ and his collaborators are thinking about doing this b/c as pointed out, barcons inhibit quick and easy shifting, not to mention mashing your knees into them if you're not careful.

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Thumbie is already available per Russ' video.

@@briand8862 an *11-speed* thumbie is already available per Russ' video; the UNO is a *12-speed* bar-end shifter. It's not crystal clear from Russ' video but it sounds like you'd have to buy a set of Dia Compe ENE Ciclo thumbies (11-speed) and transfer the UNO 12-speed mechanism over to the thumbie mount. So that's $160 for the ENE Ciclos plus whatever the price will be for the UNO plus having to perform a hack with (presumably) no warranty. Just make a thumbie version of the UNO, please.

@@betenoirproductions6062 My understanding was the lever is identical. It has been quite a while since I watched that video though.

Why safer?

@@peterwillson1355 I would be inclined to take my eyes off the road to move my hands to the downtube shifters. My hand would be off the handlebar longer. I don't remember shifters on the downtube of my Continental being a hassle, but that was about 40 years ago. I think having the shifters by the hands is more ergonomic. Less human error, less mistakes, safer. Opinions will vary.

Soon I think

@@TheBikeSauce couldnt wait 😭 bought a microshift

It's really not difficult whatsoever

You get better handling control riding in the drops. Using brifters is not comfortable for people with short fingers/ small hands. Funny how previous generations were not afraid to take a hand off the bars to shift. How do you make hand signals, or drink?

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@@TheBikeSauce thankyou!!! But Temporarily out of stock 🥲

Also like to know that.

The barrel diameter on the uno is large enough to shift through 12 speeds. I don’t think the Ene 11 can do that?

@@TheBikeSauce Are you sure that the 11 and 12 speed diameters are different? I don't know 🤷‍♂️ Despite having ridden with Simplex Retrofriction levers in the 80's, I couldn't get on with friction shifting 11 speeds.

Can’t say for sure. Takes more finesse on 11 and 12 speed for sure

There’s a few things going on here. Some of it has to do with how “wide” the cassette is, ie distance between big and small cog on a cassette. When upgrading a cassette, you sometimes need to install a spacer to account for that difference. The other part is how much cable pull a derailleur needs, ie how much cable needs to be pulled to shift between cogs. For indexed shifting, the shifter pulls the right amount per click to get between cogs, where as in friction the rider “figures it out”. For 7,8,9 speeds, the cable pull remained the same, the width of cassette remained the same, but the distance between cogs shrunk down. The shifters just pulled less per click to move the derailleur less distance between cogs, but the total for dance pulled between the smallest and largest cogs was the same. A lot of the incompatibilities between speeds and MTB / road came after 9 speed to address a specific issues with the amount of cable pull. As the distance between cogs gets smaller, the amount of cable pulled by the derailleur to shift one cog up/down typically gets smaller. At some point, it get so small that consistent shifts become impossible. Some of this is addressed by changing the space between cogs in a cassette, but most of this was addressed by changing the cable pull so that derailleur requires more cable pulled by the shifter to shift between gears. This generally means a larger diameter ratchet is needed to pull more cable. Road bikes are limited by the space in the hoods, so they only increased the cable pull a little bit. Mountain bikes have no such limitations, and because they often get more dirt and grime into the drivetrain, they generally have a larger cable pull than road drive trains. Uno was designed for 12 speed mountain bike derailleurs so it uses a larger ratchet to pull more cable than other friction shifters which are often designed for road bikes. TLDR; If your 11 speed friction is designed for road derailleurs, it might not work for mountain bikes because mountain bikes need more cable pulled per shift.

@@froseph85 What a thorough and thoughtful explanation. Definitely helped me understand the problem the Uno is trying to solve over the existing Ene. Cheers, froseph!

Or you need to shift a derailleur/cassette that your current levers can't shift properly. Say, you need to replace something, but what was original isn't available, now you can shift anything.

with most groupsets, yes, but non-shifting hydro levers for drop bars do exist

Available at the end of the month!