Originally Posted by banerjek

After getting tired of replacing so many brifters, I downgraded one of my bikes back to DT shifters. They are cheaper, lighter, totally bombproof, more durable, easier to maintain, better looking, and are easier to skip across gears than other shifting systems. The only drawback they have is you have to take a hand off the bar to shift. But if you don't shift lots, that's a total nonissue.