Originally Posted by jamesdak

Well you have to admit that gummed up STI shifters is plenty common and even comes up here on the forum quite often. With all the bikes I have had over the years I've seem over a dozen sets with issues easily. It's actually something I don't worry about at all when I buy a back because I've always been able to revive them. The Look mentioned above is one recent case. Neither of the Ultregra shifters worked the day I went to go see it. Not a deal stopper to me and I did get them both working before swapping them out. It was cold when I test rode the bike with the serviced Dura Ace ones I put on the bike. The sticking shifter I'm sure just means I need to flush them again and then relube with TriFlow better. As to repairs, Campagnolo wins that hands down as pretty much all the Ergolevers are easily rebuildable and if you know who to go to, the parts are available and not expensive. Not that I expect to need them repaired since no one of my bikes sees that many miles on it's own. If an STI shifter ever breaks (which I doubt too), it will just be chucked. I've heard on here that the one guy that used to do these has stopped or is gone or something. I've also understood Shimano didn't sell the spare parts like Campagnolo did.

Your turn, LOL!

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