Originally Posted by bigbossman
I know....
But, I've spent countless hours using both systems. As was pointed out a couple of posts back, you can drop the whole 10 speeds with one push of the Ergo button. >CLICK<..... done. Top to bottom. And you don't even have to move your hands from the hoods.
How much faster can any friction shifter be?
I'm sure that's true.
However, I've always said, this new technology shifting is a complex solution to a non-existent problem. If it was good enough for Eddy, it is good enough for me! For the top level racer, sure. For 99.9999% of the rest of the riders in the world? Come on!