Quote Originally Posted by han-grrl View Post
a little update

so the bike shop doesn't have shims for these ultegra breaks. they suggest i upgrade to a ten speed. yeah. sure.
They do make great new Shimano ST-R600 short reach brifters now for 9 speed, they come with shims for smaller hands. I absolutely LOVE mine. My other bike has bar-end shifters and Shimano plain brake levers, non-shim-able, and I too have trouble getting my fingers around them to brake.