I have used Shimano Ultegra and Tiagra level brifters, as well as, Campy 8 Speed Ergo power. All worked fine. I have currently switched my bikes back to indexed downtube shifters. (10 speed Dura Ace on my Hilsen and 7 Speed Shimano, on my Woodrup). Having learned to ride on downtube shifters, I don't find them that off-putting. Recently, I have been doing core strengthening exercises, about 7 months now, and find this makes using down tube shifters easier. On longer rides I am fining I like the additional movement that is a part of down tube shifter use. Bending forward, sitting up a bit, all help keep me from getting fixed in one position.
I did a 200k with the downtube shifting with no ill effects. On a subsequent ride, one rider broke a drive side shifter cable using Shimano brifter. Eventhough he had a replacement, getting the broken cable out of the shifter proved difficult. There is an added layer of complexity to brifters. -- 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.
