Originally Posted by
Milton Keynes
How often do brifters just "crap out?" Twist shifters on cheap Walmart bikes, yeah, I've seen those crap out and not keep friction or hold their position, but brifters and trigger type shifters are a different matter.
Like almost never. I’ve got 10s of thousands of miles on these kinds of shifters as well…including thousands of miles far away from home where calling for help isn’t an option. I’ve never had a shifter problem.
Gripshifters aren’t all that delicate either. I see a lot of them at my local co-op. They are simple and robust. I’ve seen broken ones but that’s the result of a crash or someone trying to remove them without knowing how.