They look nice and I want to like them. They work well when they're clean and dry.
If it rains, the rain will wash the lubrication out, and they will start to slip, dumping you into the lowest gear (front) or highest gear (rear). You can overhaul them with new oil which helps for a month or two.
I use fenders, so this is just water from riding and parking in the rain.
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Best
February 17, 2012
Reviewer:
Andrew
from Tampa, FL
If you are thinking about friction at all, these are the best. Action is so smooth and they look great. Racheting action is so nice.
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Best friction ever
January 10, 2012
Reviewer:
apfrancis
from Seattle
Being somewhat of a retrogrouch, I have used friction for many years. First thumb shifters, then suntour barcons, then shimano ultegra bar-ends, and most recently suntour cyclone gt. I liked being able to switch wheels and derailleurs at will but I didn't like ghost shifting and being in between gears and the general stiffish action of friction. And then I tried these. The action is shockingly, incredibly, unbelievably light, and no ghost shifting up even the steepest out of the saddle hills, and for some reason on a 9 sp cassette I have never once been between gears. Get some.
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Plastic?
January 2, 2012
Reviewer:
Darin
from Seattle
This is actually a question about the shifters, are these shifters made of plastic? Something in the description made me think so but I'm not sure. Thanks
not for wet weather 
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