Originally Posted by
woodenidol
Peformance house brand Forte has Micro Shift for $189 for the ten speed, $139 for the 9 speed. I have about 600 miles on the shifters (10 speed) and they seem to work pefectly. They have a small paddle for the shifting to smaller cogs and its my favorite part of the shifters.
I have had them called crap, but they seem to to function pretty well for the price.
you can buy shimano 10sp STI levers for around that price too.
even less for campy 10sp ergo levers, but there's more to change by going to campy.