What is the most durable. reliable brake / shift lever?
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What is the most durable. reliable brake / shift lever?
Postby ausrandoman » Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:17 pm
Is there another make or model that lasts longer or can be inspected to see trouble coming? Sram? Campy? Shifter separate from brake lever?
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Postby Thoglette » Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:07 pm
do make sure to change your outers occasionally, I've managed to fatigue-fail the main shift lever due to stiff cables on one bike It sort of snuck up on me as I was only riding one bike and didn't notice how stiff the shifting had become until I hopped onto something elseP!N20 wrote:.. hopefully I'll get another 30 years out of them.
Clue: if your inners are only lasting 1500km, it's time to change the outers!!
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Postby Duck! » Thu Aug 30, 2018 1:59 pm
Unfortunately their newer models are a lot less serviceable.P!N20 wrote:I'm stuck in the early 90's, but I believe Campy's levers (and most other components) have always been designed to allow disassembly, service and repair. I managed to put new g-springs in my 1st gen Ergopower levers, hopefully I'll get another 30 years out of them.
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Postby Thoglette » Thu Aug 30, 2018 5:14 pm
That's a shame. I've all three generations at home and the newest ones are the nicest to use.Duck! wrote:Unfortunately their newer models are a lot less serviceable.
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Postby jackthelad » Thu Aug 30, 2018 5:53 pm
But he didnt ask about Brifters, he said brake/ shifters, which are independent, i personally have touring shifters on my RD bike due to Cerebral Palsy, use a Brifter on front, indexed shifter for rear , barend shifterDuck! wrote:Grip shifter isn't a shift/brake lever....
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Postby wqlava1 » Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:08 pm
Well, there was the 6400 Ultegra 8 speed downtube shifter in 1994, that they sold at the same time as 6400 Ultegra brifters. I had some on a Cadex.Duck! wrote:He said Ultegra brake/shift lever. Brifter by any other name. And given there is no other type of Ultegra shifter......
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Postby wqlava1 » Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:12 am
Yes although this quote from 1991 Shimano documentation on Velobase (and despite their vetting of contributors it is possible to find errors in the database) shows earlier use of "Ultegra" as a name for the groupset than I'd thought. I should have said 600 Ultegra not 6400 in the previous post. It looks like Shimano sold the 6400 series as 600 Ultegra in their doco and promotional stuff but only painted 600 onto the actual components, and swapped to putting Ultegra on with the 6500 groupset.Duck! wrote:6400 wasn't badged as Ultegra, it was still known as 600 at that stage, although the Ultegra name did start phasing in late during the 6400 run.
http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx? ... d&Enum=104
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