I have seen plenty of STI failure, but never bar ends On Aug 3, 5:41 am, robert zeidler <zeidler.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: > +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 <mhech...@gmail.com> 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 rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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