New Shimano 7-speed brifters OR Top joins the 21st century (or late 20th, anyway).
I had built up this Miele with the Modolo 'fit anything' brifters. The rear worked passably well but the front had both a long sweep on the thumb lever and a huge dead spot at the start of the motion. Hence I didn't ride the Miele as much as I would have liked last season.
Last week these came in the mail:
nothing special to most folks here but only the second pair I've owned. Spent yesterday doing the 'ol switcharoo and.....
MUCH better than the Modolos! The only downside is I couldn't get the front to play nice with the 1987 vintage 1050 FD. I replaced it with an Exage 500EX. There was improvement, but I still can't totally eliminate chain rub on the FD cage at both ends of it's sweep.
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You know it's going to be a good day when the stem and seatpost come right out.
(looking for a picture and not seeing it? Thank the Photobucket fiasco.PM me and I'll link it up.)
Last edited by top506; 03-06-13 at 05:06 PM.