Originally Posted by
Eggman84
Thank you for the excellent explanation. It is aggravating when Shimano (as well as Campy) makes these type of changes for no real apparent reason (as least to the average user) that makes things incompatible. Oh well. I guess tech has to advance.
the shifting is way better, the lever force required with the 5700/6700/7900 with the under cable routing was pretty significant.