Quote Originally Posted by Python View Post
Let us know how things are going with your Dolce Elite. I'm getting one sometime next month and I've never ridden a bike with gears like it before where the shift's in the brake levers. My current bike is an old Raleigh 5 speed with the old-fashioned friction shift.
Because of difficulty with shifting, I had to configure my bike so it has indexed shifting on the rear and bar-end friction shifter on the front. I like the friction shifting, it let's me "cheat" in that if I see a hill I can prepare for it without even pedaling. I can also trim the front dérailleur if I need to. Nothing wrong with good old friction shifters!