I never had reason love Shimano - they're great at gears, brakes, shoes etc and for that I would always buy their stuff without hesitation.
Today, however, I had reason to love them.
For a while I've been meaning to take the gear indicator windows off my levers - I never use them so they just clutter my handlebar and make it look like a kids bike. It took so long because I didn't know how I'd cover up the mechanism to stop cack getting in. In hope of being able to gaffer tape it like I have in the past, I removed the windows. My heart sank a little bit as it exposed moving parts and possibly too much to cover with tape. So reluctantly I was about to screw the windows back on when, wait... whats that? A little disc clipped on the under side of the lever with SLX embossed on it. But why would that be there...?
Its the little things. Shimano, I love you.

