sorry for emerged the old topic..
I think it depends on how you ride your bike not its appearance.
for an instance If I look on Kulhavy's shifter definitely looks better than shimano revoshifter.
Hi my name is Abraham from Indonesia. I like the retro MTB I used to own it but it was sold.
Right now I don't have one and have a plan to own it later.
I ride my rigid MTB on track for occasional riding.
Hope anyone here pleased with me and sorry about my bad english.
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