Originally Posted by
thin_concrete
It's just a thumb lever to switch, and if you're on the hoods or in the drops, it does take a conscious effort to hit it. No doubt there's a learning curve (and I'm trying to learn SRAM now), but I don't think it's that steep with the Campy, but it's a completely different feel.
I don't like the brake lever being a shift lever and with that I looked for something different than Shimano. I didn't think I'd like the SRAM double tap and since I have an Italian frameset that originally came with Campy that would be the way to go but thought the side lever was a bit cheesy. Incidentally I ended up with a set of cheap MicroSHIFT STI's and love the mechanism but hate the side exiting cable and lack of refinement. Unfortunately the latest MicroSHIFT with rear exiting cables have the Campy type side lever.