Originally Posted by
trailangel
It's too difficult to do yourself. Take to bike shop.
It is the first thing I learned to do bike-mechanic-wise, even before tires and tubes. It isn't difficult.
Originally Posted by
1242Vintage
Anyone advise on the level of difficulty of replacing shifters? I've done some minor maintenance jobs like replacing shifter cables
If you've done cables, the shifters themselves should be easy. They just bolt onto the handlebars, otherwise it should be a very similar process setting them up. Just make sure your new ones match the indexing on your old system.