Originally Posted by
oldskoolwrench
Also, since the shift mechanism moves sideways, there's no way to unintentionally apply the brakes while shifting.
Well, except it's quite easy to do that on some of the Shimano brifters. I *constantly* was accidentally braking while shifting with the ones that came stock on my Secteur. That, and the thumb button for upshifts annoyed the hell out of me.
When I swapped it over to Apex, I don't think I ever accidentally braked even once.