Adjusting Brifter Position

fauxpas said:

Is there an easy way of loosening a shifter (R600 Ultegra) ?

I'm a perfectionist (Virgo - nuf said) and I notice my left shifter points in a tiny bit and my right one points directly forward.

I'm not confident pulling everything apart to spin the shifter a couple of degrees. But is there a screw I can loosen without removing too much stuff to loosen it up?

Cheers... 😉

I'm not sure on Ultegra, but my 105's clamp is under the hood. There is a small notch on the inside that points to an allen head bolt under the rubber cover.You can see it if you roll the back of the cover forward and you'll need a fairly long wrench to reach it.

Have a look at this instruction booklet on page 2 - Installation to the handle bar.

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Spot on... Perfection restored... ta muchly... 😄

For what it's worth, my STI levers are tightened to the point where they're rock solid during normal riding, but with a sharp whack with the base of my palm, I can adjust which way they point. I decided this was a good idea after I crashed once and had one shifter spin quite a bit around the bar, pointing wayyy inside. I'm thinking it could've broken if it weren't just a bit loose and decided to leave them just so. I don't have carbon bars (well, carbon anything), but I suppose grinding those like this might be bad idea, though.

As this was my first experience with STI levers and them being nice ones, I wasn't game giving them too much curry. I did attempt to man-handle them but found they were recalcitrant.

At some stage, I'd love to be able to strip and rebuild a ride from scratch. But that will be a way off, after a few more bikes and component swapping...

SEAcarlessTTLE said:

For what it's worth, my STI levers are tightened to the point where they're rock solid during normal riding, but with a sharp whack with the base of my palm, I can adjust which way they point. I decided this was a good idea after I crashed once and had one shifter spin quite a bit around the bar, pointing wayyy inside. I'm thinking it could've broken if it weren't just a bit loose and decided to leave them just so. I don't have carbon bars (well, carbon anything), but I suppose grinding those like this might be bad idea, though.

I was just going to comment about that. You'd like for them to be able to give a little in a crash rather than break. That's one of the more expensive components on your bike to replace.