SRAM bar end shifters

[Tri Girl]

stiffer than my DA bar end shifters? I find that hard to believe.
My DA is so "chunky and clunky" that it drives me nuts. Apparently that's normal???

[HillSlugger]

My current tri bike has older Ultegra and I shift with finger pressure. Yesterday I had to grab the levers in a fist to wrestle it into the next gear. I couldn't shift without having to completely change my grip on the aerobars; it doesn't make any sense to me.

[Tri Girl]

My current tri bike has older Ultegra and I shift with finger pressure.

Really? Then maybe I need to change components. I don't have to wrestle to change gears, but it sure isn't smooth as butter- although I can do it from aero with no problem. Do you think it's just that it's new and stiff?
Seriously- your bike is so gorgeous!!! My Cervelo P2C is 3 years old and the color scheme is: guess what? Red, black and white. Mostly white. I really hate the color scheme, but you're right- everything was in those colors. Odd that it's still that way 3 years later.
Would it be weird if I wanted to paint my bike a different color? Can you even do that with carbon? It looks like everyone else's bike- and I like to be unique and odd.