Originally Posted by edthesped

I dunno but I'll speak for myself... In my case I prefer brifters and would like a trekking, read Deore, front triple. At this point electronic shifting appears to be the only viable way of making that happen. I know brifters fail and friction is forever, (Booyah!). I would guess that electronic shifting minimizes the mechanical complexity of brifters and eliminates all issues related to cabling, though in doing so introduces other failure mechanisms and adds grams. But hey we're tourers and don't care about weight, right? Would any of you electronic shifting opponents refuse to buy a drive by wire car? So in my case my research continues into the best way to run a trekking triple with brifters, or without the kludge of bar ends, continues with electronic shifting leading the way.