Originally Posted by
etherhuffer
Is spendy really better or not?
It depends on what you mean by "better". More money spent on brifters will buy you lighter ones, ones with better aesthetics, possibly ones that'll shift more cogs (11 speeds versus 10 or less), and so forth. As far as I know, durability hasn't been a problem with Sora relative to other Shimano brifters, so I don't know that spending more money buys you better longevity or reliability.