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@Dammit
It's very good, really very good. The brakes on 6800 are excellent as well.
It's a bit odd going between 6800 and 6870 (ignoring the discs) because you no longer move the lever inward to downshift - I noticed that I tend to combine the braking and the shifting, i.e. moving the lever at a diagonal as it were, dropping down 2-3 gears whilst scubbing off speed ahead of the corner.
You can do this with 6870 but it means tapping the button with your ring finger- which of course is all it takes, as it's a micro-switch.
Andy, you are welcome to back-to-back my Serotta and Oak, that should give you a good reading on the state of modern Shimano.