Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
The Microshift shifters on these bikes are filled with soft plastic innards and no surprise- multiple shifters have basically exploded inside the outer case. The soft plastic shifting parts didnt even last 3 weeks on one of the bikes.
I have used half a dozen Microshift STI compatible road shifters and bar end shifters- loved em.
Yeah, Microshift is sort of a mixed bag. They make an 11-speed thumb-shifter that is pretty awesome, but their plastic trigger shifters are hot garbage. Their 10- and 11-speed cassettes have been fine, as have the 11-speed Sun Race ones. I see a lot of potential for Microshift going forward, but I'll always consider Shimano and Sram to be built to a higher standard.