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04-12-26 | 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by bblair

A friend has a very similar bike-11 speed -and told me the our LBS can't even find replacement brifters for her. Electronic preferred, but mech will do. I had my Ultegra 6800 replaced once and experience tells me that these will crap out in a few years too.

True? Should I find some and stock pile for a rainy day? I have no problem with my mech 11 speed and would buy elect on my next bike.

eBay is replete with new 105 11sp brifter sets (7000 series?) for $110-140 - anyone who says they can’t find such things isn’t looking very hard

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