Originally Posted by
mechgingeneer
Will an older set of 2x8 or 3x8 brifters work? There's a few sets of older Sora and 2303 brifters on craigslist near me.
Are the tourney sets really unbearably cheap? I've heard some people love them and others think its blasphemy to consider them worthy of a real bike...
I've never used the Tourneys myself, but I've never heard anyone here say anything bad about them, and I trust people here more than any other bike forum out there. I hear a ton of complaints about the old Sora design with the little thumb paddle shifter things on them. I think the definitive answer to using 8 speed shifters on a 7 speed cassette is "maybe."