Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
I am really having trouble expressing this; but I want you to know that there are millions of happy Shimano riders who don't have MY problem.
I do! I do! I never shift incorrectly Campy (ok, if I've been riding Shimano and I just get on Campy it takes a minute or two)....thumb goes down, lever goes up. Simple. Shimano? Do I want the inside or the outside lever? I screw it up at least once a ride and that is too often for me. SRAM? Oh, I can't imagine I'd ever get that right.

I used to think I was just uncoordinated, but now I liken it to a right-left mild dyslexic sort of thing. Hard to explain, but I often get things backwards--e.g., say right when I mean left. I always have to think through and derive the answer. Campy doesn't require much deriving--push the button down to go down; push the lever up to go up. Shimano requires deriving and has that right/left thing and when I'm tired I can't derive.