Originally Posted by
Spoonrobot
I bought a pair of "SB-493(3*9)" shifters from Aliexpress back in the spring. They appear to be less of a knockoff and more of a grey market item rebadged to avoid getting into the OEM supply chain that Microshift has a fair market share of worldwide.
To be fair, MicroShift stuff is sold under a lot of names. I've seen it sold as "Forte" and (pre-bankrupcy) Nashbar branded. Wouldn't be a huge stretch to say that these are just Microshift brifters.
I bought some Nashbar branded ones, and they were pretty decent, very clicky and positive, but also a bit heavy to use. Decent enough for the money, but I'm not sure I'd want to ride with them all the time.