About to buy bike with bar end shift levers?

[rebeccaC]

This is what stopped me from buying a true touring bike for my second bike. No way could I deal with taking my hands off the bars to shift.
That said, I am a creature of habit. Thought I had no issues going from trigger shifters to brifters, the bar ends seemed slightly insane to me.

have a flan de limón con salsa de frambuesa with a glass of muscatel goya clasico for me ...safe flights/rides!!!!