In reply to Siward:
Shimano road gear is the spawn of Satan*! Whoever thought of shifting with the entire, wobbly brake lever and thought, hey, that lookslike a great idea?
Give me Campa for the road or Sram for off road any day!
CB
*at least since the development of integrated brake and shifting levers. The old, 1980s 105 group was indestrcutible and the "arabesque" Dura Ace levers from that time actually rather stylish!