Originally Posted by
400trix
Sunrace makes an 8-speed brifter. They're reasonably priced, and seem to work ok.
I'm sure there's plenty of 8 speed Microshift stuff floating around, too. They were still making 8 speed shifters up to 2012.
I have a set, and they are flawless, and much easier to use than 2300 brifters. I like a nice, tight 8 speed cassette for where I live. I don't want more gears than I need.
There are also plenty of road bikes out there with Deore RDs to run a 34t granny gear.