>>1347752Tiagra is fine but it's 2 years older than Claris, so all the tech has trickled down, aside from having 2 more gears and being a bit lighter, it's not better, and it isn't even specced on entry level road bikes by most companies now.
Most just have a claris, sora, and 105 model.
And because it has its own specific pull ratio, yeah, it's less compatible. But sure, it's fine.
It's not that I have a mad boner for the cheap shit, it's just no longer the case that it's significantly worse. Freds are still getting dabbed on in their head by thumb button shifters old ergonomics and archiac bb standards but thats just not the reality any longer.
