John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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I seem to remember a thread a little while ago in which one poster was lamenting their inability to know which gear they were in.
Assuming that wasn't all an odd dream (and dreaming about this place would, I think, be odd) the poster of that, and perhaps other people might be interested to know that there's a Sora lever with an dial of some sort that tells you where the levers have shifted to. I've not seen the lever itself, but it's mentioned in this review of the Trek 1.5 on bike radar;
"Braking and gear selection comes courtesy of Shimano's entry-level Sora levers that have been upgraded from 8-speed to 9-speed for 2008 and now come with a little optical display to tell you which chainring/sprocket combo you're in."
Full review here
Edit: although shimano's site does mention the optical display here
Assuming that wasn't all an odd dream (and dreaming about this place would, I think, be odd) the poster of that, and perhaps other people might be interested to know that there's a Sora lever with an dial of some sort that tells you where the levers have shifted to. I've not seen the lever itself, but it's mentioned in this review of the Trek 1.5 on bike radar;
"Braking and gear selection comes courtesy of Shimano's entry-level Sora levers that have been upgraded from 8-speed to 9-speed for 2008 and now come with a little optical display to tell you which chainring/sprocket combo you're in."
Full review here
Edit: although shimano's site does mention the optical display here