+1 on STI, and for that matter SPD also. I have always heard you'll damage STI in a crash, but I've never had that happen although crashes, thank my personal deity, have been rare. I have, however, a box full of broken BE shifters, which now are used/given/lent as spare parts, and are almost completely a result of 0 mph tip-overs or some such. If your in Litchfield, NE and your bike tips over while you were taking a quick comfort break, and you BE snaps off, who's going to fix it? Yes eventually STI shifters do run the course of a useful lifespan, but the journey is worth it. Same goes for SPD's. Once you get a pair of shoes (SIDI's for example) dialed-in, there is nothing better. The A520/530 are my own preference, but YMMV.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found that every system has some advantage. Brifters for riding in > heavy traffic; BE friction for touring; DT friction for pure joy riding; but > my tandem has BE indexed because I'm too far away to hear it, although I > find shifting the tandem with Shimano indexed pretty slow compared to the > instantaneous reaction of my Ram. with DT friction. > michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jUak307BkN0J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
