Well, not
precisely. The shift lever on my right 10-speed Record shifter (2001-03 vintage) is actually plastic, but they're carbon shifters. So that counts right? This isn't click bait, is it?
It just snapped when I went to downshift. It's on the town bike that I get groceries with, a bike that features a very lax maintenance schedule and gets ridden through winter and stored in an unheated shed, which probably explains why there has been more resistance in the shifting lately. Still, I'm disappointed.
Then again, this provides me with an opportunity/excuse to get some new shifters, so there's that.
(Oh, the crappy aftermarket shifter hoods I put on to look cute tear at the slightest strain when pulling on them to settle the straight edge in against the lip instead of bulging up, which they annoyingly always do.)