Google also sort of confirms this, as far as reliability is concerned I've been using Sti's for around 6 years and haven't had a failure yet...
You're lucky then.
Once an STI break, there's little to no way of repairing them.
Not really luck, is it? Loads of 8,9&10 speed STIs still going strong everywhere. You make it sound like they're not to be trusted which isn't my experience at all. If they do break you're probably right though.
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You're lucky then.
Once an STI break, there's little to no way of repairing them.