Originally Posted by
mack_turtle
1. nine speed- I will have to use cheap brifters (Sora?), risk buying old used 9-speed brifters, or upgrade everything to 10 speed.
SunRace. Performance bike sells them rebranded as their house brand. Friend used a set for a drop bar conversion and said they were as good as his 10spd 105.
Originally Posted by
mack_turtle
I tried Problem Solvers "travel agents" with some Shimano XTR brakes and they were a massive pain to set up and I could never make them work right, so I didn't like them.
I didn't have any issues using them with Deores on my old Fuji cross. Had a bear of a time getting the pads toed just so,that they would stop squealing,but the Travel Agents went in just fine. My Speed Pro TT came with them,and no issues.