brifters
 

What is a brifters???

I love when people do that. It makes me :lol: every time.

There is no such thing as 'brifters'.

There are STI's and Ergo's.

They are not interchangeable.

If you say 'brifters', no one will know what you are talking about.

Thank you. I think I started that here, as well as the $3.50 meme, though I stole that from South Park, but applied it to the 'What is my bike worth?' threads.

+1 Thanks for a great answer!

Apparently some people do...

Do you know if he means Ergo's or STI's?

It's a made up word found only on bikeforums.net

A combination brake lever/shifter, now being made much less attractive by 49.99 Dura Ace 7800 SL down tube shifters. They really shift nicely, are super simple to set up, and I can spend the extra $300 on loose women and alcohol.

Over at RBR, that would be known as H&B.

I prefer the term (from another thread and suggested by another member) "shrakes".

Funny - I almost never call them STI's or Ergos. I nearly have the LBS's trained on the term as well.

-Kurt

That's Brifteur!