Brifters
01-30-18 | 08:54 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 785
Likes: 778
From: San Clemente
Bikes: 87 Bianchi X4, 95 Bianchi Ti Mega Tube, 06 Alan Carbon Cross X33, 74 Galmozzi Super Competizione, 64 Bianchi Specialissima.
Brifters
Who the heck came up with this? They're shifters and, yes you apply the brakes also, but I shift not brift.
01-30-18 | 09:24 AM
#3
Senior Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 4,214
Likes: 1,948
Bikes: Trek 1100, Raleigh R-500, Cannondale R800, Roadmaster gravel/beater mountain bike
My sister-in-law's road bike has these. Squeeze to brake, push left or right to change gears. I don't really think it'd be a bad system once you got used to it.
01-30-18 | 10:01 AM
#4
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 2,177
Likes: 347
From: Nashville, TN.
Bikes: 2020 Specialized Roubaix Comp SC - 2016 Specialized Roubaix SL4 - 2015 Giant Roam 2 Disc
01-30-18 | 10:12 AM
#6
Senior Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 4,214
Likes: 1,948
Bikes: Trek 1100, Raleigh R-500, Cannondale R800, Roadmaster gravel/beater mountain bike
01-30-18 | 10:31 AM
#7
Sunshine
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 18,702
Likes: 10,237
From: Des Moines, IA
Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo
01-30-18 | 12:39 PM
#9
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 22,676
Likes: 2,642
From: CID
Bikes: 1991 Bianchi Eros, 1964 Armstrong, 1988 Diamondback Ascent, 1988 Bianchi Premio, 1987 Bianchi Sport SX, 1980s Raleigh mixte (hers), All-City Space Horse (hers)
01-30-18 | 01:10 PM
#12
Senior Member
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 9,102
Likes: 6,009
From: Zang's Spur, CO
01-30-18 | 01:18 PM
#13
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 4,278
Likes: 650
From: Heart Of Texas
Bikes: '85, '86 , '87 , '88 , '89 Centurion Dave Scott Ironman.
In 1974 a 6th grade classmate and I were checking out the new plastic combination spoon and fork in the cafeteria lunch line. He said his brother said they were called sporks. We wondered why they didn't call them foons?
So maybe shrakes?
So maybe shrakes?
Last edited by texaspandj; 01-30-18 at 01:45 PM.
01-30-18 | 01:26 PM
#14
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 8,552
Likes: 281
01-30-18 | 01:29 PM
#15
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 1,928
Likes: 2,335
From: Hollister, CA (not the surf town)
Bikes: 2019 Specialized Roubaix Comp Di2, 2009 Roubaix, early 90's Giant Iguana
Just call em multi functional levers for the purposes of losing speed or increasing or decreasing mechanical advantage of a bicycle drive train. Simple.
01-30-18 | 01:44 PM
#17
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 411
Likes: 58
Bikes: DiamondBack Podium 7, Focus Raven 1.0, Ritchey BreakAway Cross, (2) Trek 8500, Paramount PDG 90, Trek T2000, Redline Flight Pro 24
Shimano coined them "STI levers", and a variant of those they called "dual control levers." Campy called them "ergopower levers." SRAM calls theirs "double-tap levers." I'm embarrassed to say the word "brifters."
01-30-18 | 02:05 PM
#19
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 27,576
Likes: 5,455
From: Eugene, Oregon, USA
01-30-18 | 02:07 PM
#20
Sunshine
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 18,702
Likes: 10,237
From: Des Moines, IA
Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo
Funny- i will type 'brifter' on this site all day long, but I dont say the word. I always use 'STIs' or 'shifters'.
01-30-18 | 02:09 PM
#21
Senior Member
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 2,547
Likes: 660
Bikes: yes
01-30-18 | 02:15 PM
#22
Me duelen las nalgas
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 13,519
Likes: 2,832
From: Texas
Bikes: Centurion Ironman, Trek 5900, Univega Via Carisma, Globe Carmel
I once attended a political candidate's buffet when I was a newspaper reporter. They had those combination fork/spoon things. I thought "Perfect. We're eating with buffoons."
01-30-18 | 05:58 PM
#25
Senior Member
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 677
Likes: 175
From: Brighton, Michigan
Bikes: Optima Baron LR, '14 Nishiki Maricopa,'87 Trek 330 Elance, '89 Miyata 1400, '85 Peugeot PGN10, '04 Fuji Ace, '06 Giant Rincon, '95 Giant Allegre, '83 Trek 620, '86 Schwinn High Sierra
Brifters. We all know the meaning. Now, we just got to get the Webster dictionary to acknowledge the word.
EDIT:
Got bored and submitted the term "brifter" to Marriam-Webster dictionary for review/consideration
Brifter
a bicycle handlebar mounted system used specifically on road bicycles that combines the action for both slowing the bicycle and shifting a gear derailleur through levers built into a single device.
Plural: Brifters
Brifters - a set of a left hand and a right hand brifter used for both controlling the front and rear derailleurs and the front and rear brakes
EDIT:
Got bored and submitted the term "brifter" to Marriam-Webster dictionary for review/consideration
Brifter
a bicycle handlebar mounted system used specifically on road bicycles that combines the action for both slowing the bicycle and shifting a gear derailleur through levers built into a single device.
Plural: Brifters
Brifters - a set of a left hand and a right hand brifter used for both controlling the front and rear derailleurs and the front and rear brakes
Last edited by friday1970; 01-30-18 at 06:57 PM.