Reasons why I love Shimano #1 – Page 2 – Bike Forum

jimmy · 2011-07-31T19:40:06Z

I never had reason [i]love[/i] 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.

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Do you live in some bizarre alternate reality? Formula brakes are hardly low price!

Pair of Oros for £130 euros delivered, with rotors, mounts and hose shortening kits, direct from Formula. In what [i]bizarre alternate reality[/i] is that not a low price for quality hydros?

Posted : 02/08/2011 6:54 pm

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Yes well done, they are flogging some old stock off cheap, hardly makes formula brakes cheap in general.

Posted : 02/08/2011 7:27 pm

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They've been that price for well over a year now, and plenty more to go, so it's a pretty steady alternative to paying more for less from Shimano.

Posted : 02/08/2011 7:35 pm

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