Originally Posted by babyboomer

You lag, you lose.

After this experience, I thought it would be beneficial to obtain Shimano's SM-PCE02 linkage device. Unfortunately, it's not available anywhere! I found one at a company in Europe (Swinnerton Cycles), but I hesitated. Thinking that I might get it faster, I was hoping to find a source in the USA. I've seen them on eBay, but most of those are coming from Japan. Another site indicated that they weren't expecting more inventory until September! While there's no great urgency, I'd feel much better knowing I have one on hand in the event I run into difficulty again.