Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
OTOH, this got me thinking: what if someone made a couple set of brifters that did the micro-ratchet thing like Campy's fronts? None of the big 3 would want to do it, of course, but that's the kind of thing that might get me into brifters.
Uhh, isn't Campy one of the "big 3"? They have offered multi-step ratcheting front shifting for many years but recently reduced the number of steps in their front brifters from 9 to 6. They still offer a fair range of trim positions but not as many as they used to. That said, friction front shifting offers infinitely small adjustment position options and nothing is more adjustable than that.