My Tiagra levers are still just fine after two years. And that's two of them to your one that broke - so you must be wrong.
Have you ever leaned them against anything, let the bike fall over, crashed, etc? Stuff breaks.
Originally Posted by
52telecaster
I agree that one failure does not herald the decline of shimano. My real gripe with Shimano is the game of having all these ridiculous levels of components. How about making a cheap line and a good line. I confess to not understanding the economic model for sure but it would be nice to just have solid stuff that works and isn't a fortune. Claris is it is i guess.
So that they can have stuff for manufacturers to put on price point bikes. And, I guess, so they at least have
some parts that are backwards compatible with older offerings.