Review on 🚴 SENSAH STI Carbon Fibre Empire Team Pro Road Bike Shifters – 2×11 Speed Lever Brake Bicycle Lever, Compatible with Shimano SRAM 11 Speed by Jason Wilson

Surprisingly In the last year and a half I have become an advanced amateur cyclist. Along the way, I was sucked straight from China into a do-it-yourself cyclist black hole, and around August 2021 I became the proud and loving owner of an open-frame carbon gravel bike I built from scratch using the best of the web. Bike key skills that can be purchased for $0.00. Additionally, many products previously only available through Chinese e-commerce now appear on Revain at competitive prices. This is one of them. Hooray for convenience and fast shipping! According to the story, Sensah is one of the former SRAM engineers who was summarily fired when SRAM moved its manufacturing facilities from the Shenzhen area to China a few years ago. I originally installed a full Sensah Empire 11 speed carbonless linkage groupset on my bike. It was a lever swap, identical to what I had before but with a slight weight saving. That's not bad at all. Many others with far more knowledge and experience than me have reviewed the Sensah kit. To sum up the consensus, the Sensah's polish and build quality isn't quite up to Shimano's gold standard (yet), but it's nonetheless a trustworthy option in its own right that's affordable even in these dark times of bike shortages for out-of-the-box purchases. . . real human beans at unbelievably low prices. I've found that my own non-carbon Empire weapons fit more than my needs and would rate them five stars on their own, so of course these near-identical carbon weapons go for five stars as well. That's not to say they're the best, and in fact I noticed a small difference in Shimano's favor when I recently had the chance to try the All-105 drivetrain, but the price and more importantly availability make a big difference the market. Wait a minute, and the Sensah value proposition is unbeatable in my view. Maybe from where you are. But if not, keep an eye on Sens anyway. The oligopoly of Shimano-SRAM-Campagnolo groupsets is ripe for a shock. Sensah may compete on price and for now sticking with what they know from their SRAM days, but the day is coming when they will try to compete on quality and performance. Minor things: Be careful when shifting into higher gears. . The shifting mechanism prevents you from shifting past the highest gear, but if you try to do it with too much force anyway, the mechanism can break completely and destroy the lever. Because of this, I actually ruined my first pair (non-carbon) and will be replacing my second pair (also non-carbon) with them, technically making them the third pair of Sensah Empire levers. After my costly lesson, I took great care never to try to shift past top gear on either side, and now it's second nature. I can confirm that this listing is for the new late 2020 version of the Sensah Empire 3 levers and the plastic interior which was prone to breakage in older versions is now metal on both sides. The rear derailleur ratio is only compatible with SRAM. When I ordered these levers the product description also mentioned Shimano compatibility which was wrong but seems to have been fixed. I have no experience with a Shimano 11 speed derailleur with these levers, but it looks like the other reviewer didn't have a very good time. Also, pull ratio information for 11 speed Shimano and 11 speed SRAM is available online and the numbers do not match. In conclusion, I can confirm that the derailleur pull ratio is indeed Shimano compatible in some cases. The left lever has four numbered derailleur shift positions (Inner, Inner, Outer, Outer). The derailleurs are relatively forgiving, with all four positions working well once properly adjusted on a Shimano 105 FD-R7000. Tiagra "10-speed" FD and Ultegra and Dura-Ace "11-speed" FD have the same ratio and should therefore work.