Shimano mix 5600 5700

pmaths73
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Just acquired a set of 105 5600 shifters. Will 105 5700 mechs work with 5600 shifters. I would have thought yes but the 5700 mech is described for use with 5700 or ultegra shifters.
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It will work. However...
The 5600 shifters have a design fault, at the time they were made these forums were full of tales of broken levers. I personally broke 3 sets of 5600 levers, due to the internal mechanism of the left hand lever breaking on a downshift.
When I got the warranty replacement levers from Shimano, they came with a label on it which said something along the lines of 'be careful with the lever set up, as they a susceptible to break'
In 12 years of road bikes I've never broken a lever before or since. As a result of the above however I switched to Campagnolo.0 -
yep most avoid the 5600 because of that very fault, im having my brand new 5700 shifters fitted tomorow night.2012 Cannondale CAAD 8 1050