Originally Posted by
rbaisa
I have never even heard of brifter,s I assumed it was some fancy name used for bar end shifters. I used them in the 80's, but on cross and time trial bikes. I never liked them on road bikes, but my dad did.
That would be a mashup of brake and shifter - integrated shifters, in other words. I think you should get a gold C&V star for not having heard the term.