Take the tour ×  I have just buy for the first time a road bike
(Boardman Team Carbon) after long years on hybrids bike and
unfortunately due of a injury I didn't have much time to
experience with it.  The bike has a SRAM Rival 10 speed gear
shifter and I was wondering what are the difference between all
the different type of gear shifters.  It would be good to know
what are the advantages and disadvantages and if you have
experience with it what are the optimal way to use them.
share|improve this question Are you looking for comparison
between types (eg. integrated brake/shift levers, bar-end,
downtube) or between brands? Assuming this is for road bikes...
–  darkcanuck Feb 5 '11 at 21:54 I think both of it as long this
is cover a gear shifter. –  Chmouel Boudjnah Feb 5 '11 at 22:07
add comment  1 Answer  This is based on my experience with the
following type of shifters, but is limited to Shimano so others
may have a different experience. I haven't tried to split out
the different variations of brifters ei