Went to visit the Butterfly House today. Some, like this one, flew over to say hi.

Found out my old road race shifters have the same cable pull ratio as my newer stuff. I’ve been stressing because I’m in the middle of a major rebuild of my bike and really needed new shifters, which was like $500 to replace everything. On the other hand my old race stuff “requires” a super rare rear derailleur according to the sketchy internet, and of course the buy buy buy info from the manufacturer. So today I got stuff sorted and physically measured the cable pull and my race stuff is exactly the same as my current stuff, just with one less rear cog. I can space that out fine. So I get away without any spend and get a major upgrade to my old gear too.