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Your cart is empty.These Shimano-compatible 8-speed shifters feature comfortable ergonomics, easy installation, and durability you can rely on. Whether youre replacing a broken shifter, doing a drop bar conversion, or building from scratch, these well-constructed shifters will do the trick.Features:Includes cable and housing Separate dedicated lever for up- and down-shifts Replaceable hood cover and face plate External shift cable routing for low friction smooth response and easy cable and housing replacement Compatible with Shimano 8-speed road systemsSpecifications:Color: Black/Silver Weight: 430 Drivetrain Speeds: 8Brake Lever Actuation: Short Pull Adjustable Reach: No Front Der/Shifter Compatibility: Shimano Road Rear Der/Shifter Compatibility: Shimano Road Double or Triple: Triple
Craig Kepler
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020
I have traditionally used SRAM on my bicycles, but I was doing a "budget conversion" of a 2010 Trek 7.3 FX into a gravel bike by installing drops and brifters and needed something that is compatible with the old Shimano 3x8 system on this bicycle. I like the overall action and feel of these brifters a lot more than I thought. The touch on both the upshift and the downshift is light but certain. Hoods are comfortable.My only issue is that the front shifter doesn't have quite enough range of cable movement to reliably shift the front derailleur all the way up/down all three chainrings every time. It needs a couple of millimeters of additional cable movement. You have to get the cable set up just so.
RGG
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
Looks decent enough for the price, but buyer beware: These have essentially three levers on each side, an upshift lever, a downshift lever and a brake. You can't really see the smaller lever in the pictures unless you look very very closely, but the setup is not like you have in most Shiman shifters, meaning, the brake lever *does not* itself serve as a shifter. This creates a couple of problems for me. One is I can't simultaneously brake and shift to a larger rear cog as I'm nearing a traffic light to have the gears set up for when I start riding again. I will have to either downshift and then brake or just brake and rotate my rear tire during the light to set up the gears.The second is that in a sprint where I go on the drop bars there is no way to reach the upshift actuator. It's too small and too high up. The whole reason I got these was because I wanted to replace the thumb actuator on my current system because I couldn't shift from the drop bars.Will not be installing them. May return them or just donate them to my local community bike shop.
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