Originally Posted by
Rajflyboy
I’m getting tired of integrated brake/shift levers. Separate Is much better in my opinion. Makes it easier to change out one or the other if you want to. (Less expensive too)
You're of course right about easier to replace, but it's a good trade off, in my opinion.
For drop bars, nothing beats the ease of operation of the integrated levers. That matters more to me. I'm going to shift any given bike thousands of times, and I very rarely replace that part.