On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6:08:28 PM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > "Brifter" is a mashup of BRake lever and shIFTER. I'm pretty sure it was > invented by Grant, and not intended to be a denigrating label. It's simply > a way to call them something without using "STI" or a long phrase like > "integrated brake/shift lever."
Sheldon Brown's glossary names the person who coined the term: A combination brake/shift lever, such as a *Campagnolo* <http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ca-g.html#campagnolo> *Ergo* <http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_e-f.html#ergo> or *Shimano* <http://sheldonbrown.com/shimano.html> *S.T.I.* <http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_st-z.html#sti> unit. This term was coined by Bruce Frech. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
