Combined Brake and Shift Levers
With the introduction of systems such as Shimano Total Integration, Campagnolo ErgoPower, and the more recent SRAM Double Tap systems, the majority of these issues have been addressed. These systems combine a trigger shifter into each brake lever, and were sometimes referred to as brake/shift levers (or brifters), for their ability to combine the brake and shift functions into a single unit for use with one hand. However, in recent times, the term brake has been dropped, and the levers are referred to simply as shifters or integrated shifters. These integrated shifters, when combined with gear ramps and teeth shaping on the cassette, address most of the issues with friction and index shifters.
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