[QUOTE=.. but as scherrit said when Corinne was dismantling my ergo levers to replace the broken springs "fully serviceable is great - but Shimano sti's never need servicing"[/QUOTE]
That is so plain wrong, Shimano STI and Rapidfire units fail all the time and are then useless, and you can only buy them in pairs, (as far as I know, anyway) and they are extremely expensive.
I use both Shimano and Campag, and over the years have come to prefer the Italian stuff for a number of reasons.
[QUOTE=.. but as scherrit said when Corinne was dismantling my ergo levers to replace the broken springs "fully serviceable is great - but Shimano sti's never need servicing"[/QUOTE]
That is so plain wrong, Shimano STI and Rapidfire units fail all the time and are then useless, and you can only buy them in pairs, (as far as I know, anyway) and they are extremely expensive.
I use both Shimano and Campag, and over the years have come to prefer the Italian stuff for a number of reasons.